Empty Nest

Someone's growing up too fast.
Ready to leave home at last.
Their heads peek out the door.
They can't wait to explore.

Their parents are busy this morn
feeding their big babies worms.
And how they talk up a storm!
Their babies have lots to learn.

Are these parents saying "stay"
or encouraging "go play"?
Will today
be the day?

One leans too far out.
Suddenly he's out.
Or was he pushed
for two more heads push...

out the door
to explore
the outdoors
where fun lures.

The first one
air born
spreads his wings
in the wind.

He's free!  He's free!
There's much to see.
He calls "follow me"
to his siblings with glee.

There they go
down low
then up high as the breeze
blows in the tree's leaves.

Spreading their wings
they glide on the wind.
Free!
Free!

Are their parents happy or sad?
Are these fledglings glad?
Their parents did their best.
All too soon there's an empty nest.

* * * * *

Do you feel empty void, useless?
Do you feel you've lost your purpose?
A job ended unexpectedly.
Maybe illness came suddenly.
Perhaps the loss of your spouse
or foreclosure on your house.

Life the way you know it has changed.
Your time is now rearranged.
Sometimes this rearranging
is God's way of preparing -
opening the door for a new opportunity,
turning a dream into a possibility.

Instead of dwelling on the past,
get busy and have a blast.
Turn your negatives
into positives.
An adventure awaits.
You won't want to be late.

Many, O Lord my God,
are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us
no one can recount to you,
were I to speak and tell of them,
they would be too many to declare.
Psalm 39:5

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