ABIGAIL’S TALE

 

In the comfort of the coffee shop
Nestled into an oversized sofa
Sits Abigail, homesick and sad
As she reads a letter from home

 

She knows the sadness will pass
And sooner this time than the last
It strikes each time she hears from home
With news from those she left behind

 

Her parents, always loving and kind
Her baby sister, annoyingly lovely
All of her friends of long standing
And of course him, the reason she left

 

She left her home and those she loved,
The only place she had ever lived
After her marriage dismally failed
So she is building a new life for herself

 

Away from the people she loves

And the places and all the familiarity
The things that reminded her daily
Of her failure and her inadequacies

 

So Abigail lives far away in a new town
And she is making new friends
Discovering new places that will be familiar
As she tries to forget past mistakes

 

She has joined a new church in town
A new congregation, where her angels voice
Can sing loudly in praise to heaven
And she is finding peace within herself

 

And one day very soon, Abigail will sit
In the comfort of the coffee shop
Nestled into an oversized sofa
And not be desperately homesick and sad

 

One day very soon Abigail will read
A long rambling letter from home
And smile at it familiar contents
And she will not feel the old pain strike

 

One day very soon in her new home
Abigail will allow herself be happy
One day very soon in her new home town

Abigail will forgive herself