And Job asked, why must I suffer so long and alone?
With my own failing health, I fear forbearance will not hold
Walk with Job upon this glass splintered world
God's voice replied from a roaring whirlwind
Where were you when I brought forth myriad worlds?
And Job asked, why must I suffer so long and alone?
Job's abiding faith sustained him o'er perilous declines
God rewarded him; blessing is forged in trials of the world
Walk with Job upon this glass splintered world
I have fought, not embraced my trials in kind
Like a silted rill, they dwell in an ever constricting world
And Job asked, why must I suffer so long and alone?
Subliminal attachment to illness is the vise that blinds
I have failed to see transcendent lessons in the pain of the world
Walk with Job upon this glass splintered world
Learn that you are not your body in this earthly clime
Know that you are eternal, traversing many lives, many worlds
And Job asked, why must I suffer so long and alone?
Walk with Job upon this glass splintered world
About Me
- Clare Gnecco, PhD
- Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- I began writing poetry recently after the darkest period in my life. I retired as a statistician in the federal government five years ago because of a chronic progressive autoimmune disease. About a year ago, a major flare threw me into a physical and psychic downward spiral which I didn't think I would survive. I finally obtained relief through medical and psychotherapy. But my true path to wholeness began with deep soul work. I now bow down in gratitude for my illness. It has become my greatest teacher. My poetry is a reflection of that truth. My greatest hope is that others will find true wholeness also. And, if these small poems provide a gateway, I will be twice blessed.
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