A Shadow on My Heart

There’s a shadow over my heart

Of sorrow that will be,
A pain that no healing can ease,
From which I can’t be free.
 
How swift is life, it’s here, then gone.
Patterns of dark and light
That punctuate the passing days
Before the last good night.
 
I weep for those whom I have lost
And those who’ll soon pass on.
I pray for those who’ll still be here
When I am long since gone.
 
This life is tinged with bitterness,
And death’s its last embrace,
But I find comfort in knowing
Heaven is filled with Grace.

Psalm 31:9
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.