For you

For you 

for you - this sunset 

     "why me"

why not you

      "I once was spectacular as the mighty oak, the vibrant sunset"

your roots are deep, an anchor, vital 

      "we once were strong, three together"

another grows upward in its place 

      "there are times I do not see the new growth and the good in front of me"

there is nothing new under the sun - but remember new mercies

"What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again

new mercies every morning under the sun."*

new day

"every morning"

About this poem: For you is a poem about a place I walk regularly where there are three very large trees and at sunset you can see them so beautifully. One of the large trees now fallen was remove, but there's another one growing up in this place. One evening I was walking and wrote this poem as a dialog between someone questioning times of their life when they were younger and then God answering them to bring more clarity to their view of life. Though they once may have been mightier, now their roots are very deep and solid and they're strong in so many ways. At times we don't see the growth from life's struggles or trials.

Many times, we have blessings and gifts that are right in front of us we fail to see because we may want to go back to an earlier time in life. Despite the pain and trials of this brief life, God wants us to take heart and know there's nothing new under the sun, and we will get through the hard times. New mercies are given freely to us every morning for which I am so thankful. - Joe Holuta

* Lamentations 3:22-23