Settled in Spirit

Miss Kate inadvertently posted the Five Minute Friday word prompt late. It happens. This late posting let the word settle run around through my mind and gradually a thought poured out and started forming words around it.    This is the result of that. 🙂

Settled in Spirit

Once upon a time
There was a lonely child
Raised in a family of many
Yet lonely.

Feeling different than anyone around
Thinking different
Knowing the difference
Separated from the rest
By things not quite seen.

Excelling scholastically
Yet understanding not
The people surrounding
Much they did so much a mystery.

Growing, maturing, 
Studying
People watching, 
Seeking to understand.
The smiles, the frowns, 
The hmms, and hahs, so familiar.

What did they mean?
What a shrug combined with a smile signify?
A frown with a tear in the eye? 
Was that sorrow or anger?

How does one respond to a hug 
when one feels a distance
and doesn't understand 
what is meant?

Slowly but surely
Understanding gained
While often confusion in crowds mounts
Introvert by choice
or by necessity?
Anger at self for not understanding
When all around expect it to be.

Over time
Maturity blooms
War rages within
over self-recrimination
Or acceptance.

God stepped in.
Acceptance is given.
Love felt.
A knowing settles deep within.
A spirit of belonging overtakes.
And so

Settled in Spirit one becomes
Warring happens 
When forgetfulness occurs
But reminders are presented daily.
Remember.
Loved.
Accepted.
Christ died.
Belonging to God.
Remain.
Settled in Spirit.