Bonniegirl; Poetry Challenge; #13; Relief

RELIEF

Soothing hands on aching muscles

Administered with love

Bring relief

Comforting embrace of arms

Enfolding, offer respite

From grief

A listening ear when all goes wrong

Sympathy, warmth,

Care beneath

Giving his life a ransom for me

Pardoning me

Love’s bequeath. 

Bonniegirl, March 2007.