Rachela

When someone talks to you,
the world stops,
and you listen so well.
If the world doesn’t quiet down,
you make it so,
you silence it like Jesus silenced the storm.
And you draw near,
and there is no judgement.
Just peace.

Your self irony, and humility,
your poise and humor,
you pave the way to honest relationships.

Fretting over wellbeing, safety, balance.
Any seed of suffering brings forth beauty
through art.
You redeem pain through faith,
transforming it into blessings.

Your friends that I didn’t know
and the context of the baby shower
made room for such grace
In my daze of late, unrelenting brain fog.

I’m not the warmest of people
Not hyper, nor sweet.
But I am wholeheartedly
determined and faithful.

And I admire you greatly, my friend.