when everything falls

 life comes 

at the the most opportune & the most inconvenient times 

when it feels like you just want to get out 

a blizzard shuts you in 

& sometimes when you just want it to stop

in the middle of the night 

its starts falling all over again

& we wake up to it

it can cover up the most vulnerable parts that we want 

to hide

it can distract us from all the pain we're going through

or it make us realize that life happens if we want it to or not 

we can let it bury us for a while or we can get lost in it

it can harden our hearts or it can put in dormant what is
too overwhelming 

at the moment 

what ever it is that makes us stop 

slows us down

it doesn't stop life

maybe its just a distraction 

i dont think anyone is ready when a loss comes

in a desert its expected to rain maybe 5 days out of the year

what isnt expected is for there to be a downpour for 5 days straight 

the ground isnt prepared to soak up that much

its overwhelming.

sometimes we expect that when we get older we'll be able to

accept a death or a tragedy more easily 

i dont think thats what comes with age 

i dont think anyone is fully prepared for 

everything to fall

but there is a god we can run to
when life does
become more than we can bear
he's there with his arms
wide open
& he's able to give us peace when

everything falls