Nostalgic for what's been lost
My best friends and family do I miss the most
Saddened by not seeing those who've passed on
This cry of loss causes me such deep emotion

Cut to the quick by the forfeiture of an era passing away
You remind us to be cheerful and happy, this you say
As we remember their faces in our mind's eye
Saying that we don't miss them would be a terrible lie

Of this I'm sure you'll all agree
That saying goodbye is never easy
Just knowing that they aren't with us anymore
Makes us want them nearer, all the more

The outstretched arms waiting to embrace us
This terrible, unrelenting feeling of our loss
Of love and laughter
When we were all together

How can life go on?
This thought seems to spawn
Feelings of hopelessness
And loneliness

Dreaming of those days long past
When I saw you last
I can't wait to be near you again
This, my joy, I can't contain

I'll run to you when I see your face
To be once more within your embrace
My dear loved ones and friends
Someday we'll be together, when my own life ends

Never ever to be apart
This will just be the start
Of our lives together
For eternity, in the hereafter

Written by:
Jason Cheney
October 10, 2021

I write by the light of my phone
Because my heart is unusually full
I oftentimes write when I feel that mighty pull
With my deepest thoughts, they and I are all alone

The words distill upon my mind
I cannot stop myself from writing
The words, they just keep on coming
This Godly talent so simple and kind

I find joy and peace in my poems
When feeling blue, they lift me up
While pondering their words, I naturally look up
For God is speaking just to me, it seems

It's then that I realize I am not alone
So I continue to write
Each new memory or thought I do contemplate
My true feelings are soon set in stone

I've never had such a friend
Me, myself must I earnestly show
That through my poems will my love for God continually grow
Unto Him my truest feelings do ascend

He inspires me to greater heights
So my poems soon speak of Him
My love for my God and for my Savior will never dim
I find the words wherein my soul delights

I share them with Him, with you, but oftentimes just for me
To remind myself that there is beauty all around
I listen for these whisperings that within me do abound
For I know I've heard them before, while sitting there upon my Heavenly Father's knee

Written by:
Jason Cheney
September 26 2021

I nestle into my favorite spot
Upon my Father's knee
To listen to Him
A lesson and story He recites to me

I love to gaze into His eyes
He speaks with such love and reverence you see
My focus is upon His face
I listen so very attentively

His voice so mellow I begin to weep
I lay my head there upon His chest
He lovingly wraps His arms around me
He is my hero, yes, my best friend you see

That day a memory I did make
Though off on a new adventure I did partake
But my heart longs to hear His voice
I yearn to look upon His face

So through the veil I do eagerly peek
For those memories that I do solemnly seek
I look for Him where I did depart
He is waiting for me there with His arms wide apart

My God, my Father, whom I entreat
Hold me tight, like before
So I might feel loved once more
This is my most earnest prayer

I know that though we are far apart
My loving Father has heard me up there
For I feel His hands lift me up
As He once more sets me upon His knee

I nestle into my favorite spot
And lay my head once again upon His chest
My Eternal Father gently soothes my fears
My son, thou art loved by me, this thou hast always known

Yes Father, this I know
Today I just needed an embrace and hear thy voice
I've missed thy presence this thou must see
And being held here upon Thy knee

Written by:
Jason Cheney
September 28, 2021

With time comes change
With that change comes old age
Seeing is remembering
Remembering is feeling

Seeing the sands of time
In these tiny hands of mine
A thousand thoughts pressing upon my mind
Emotions: hearing, seeing, feeling, all these so intertwined

Time doth so swiftly fly
Another day gone, oh how I sigh
Sometimes I wish time would stand still
So I have a chance to smell the daffodils

Yet time does not stop for you nor I
Change often occurs in front of our eyes
Ever since my infancy this I have been told
It will happen to everyone, both young and old

The sands of time will always flow
These grey hairs to all most definitely show
That even when we wish that time would freeze
The flow of sand within a sand dial will never cease

To the flow of time, we will always be a slave
Even as hard as we rant and rave
Time never can be stopped
Our choices in life can never be swapped

Tomorrow will always appear on the horizon
The sunset of our lives will cause us some apprehension
Our life here on Earth will come to an end
A new life to begin, as our spirits, towards heaven will ascend.

Written by:
Jason Cheney
March 14, 2021

I walk a step behind
I hope that He doesn’t mind
My hand and arm extended out as if to touch Him
My tears and desires are what brings me to this moment in time

But too timid am I to call out and attract His attention
To cure me from this terrible affliction
My heart aches to call his name
For He looks at everyone just the same

My Master whom I call my brother
For we were both raised by a celestial mother
I trail behind thee hoping that thou wilt turn and see
That it’s only little ole me.

I hear thy voice, how gentle and sweet
If only I was one of the elite
Then He would show me His face
And wrap me in his wonderful embrace

I long to walk beside Him
These feelings fill my tearstained eyes to the very brim
He makes me feel whole
My eyes upon Him, did He feel their pull?

I try to reach Him
But it’s always the same
Too many people get in my way
My hand, they knock away

Master, I cried out loud
Here am I lost in this busy crowd
I have walked behind Thee
Since we left the Sea of Galilee

My wounds I wanted thee to heal
A blessing upon my head couldst Thou seal
For this lonely beggar who walks behind thee
I wouldn’t mind if others were to see

These mighty hands of my Master
To miss His touch would be a terrible disaster
When suddenly I feel a hand touch mine
The sweet smile on His face was so genuine

He asked me why I had walked a step behind
His peaceful voice was so kind
I felt a lump in my throat
He knew that I had been there, since we had left the boat

My name he called out loud
I would follow him forever, I vowed
Though I was a step behind
I learned that day that He was the Saviour and Redeemer of all Mankind

Written by:
Jason Cheney
June 6-7, 2021

I think of you when I am blue
For you, my heart is true

Your graceful image remains in my mind
My life with you having been so intertwined

Your beauty and grace
Wasn't always confined to your face

I remember your smile
It would lift my heart for more than a mile

I can still remember your joyous laughter as it would emanate from your lips
Each beautiful emotion rolling across my thoughts is like an old record as it jumps and skips

Your exuberance for life caused me quite a commotion
Darling, you've got my complete devotion

Seeing your profile in the setting sun
Life with you was always so much fun

I knelt down beside you
Our hands clasped together on top of that holy pew

Each dedicating our lives together
Great hopes of eternity with one another

I see how the years have treated me and you
Some things, if possible, I wish that I could redo

To allow you more comfort and joy
My mighty powers of muscle and blood would I employ

Working toward your goals, not just mine
Two hearts working side by side is God's design

Thinking about you night and day
With you, I'd gladly take another roll in the hay

Life without you isn't very easy
Dreaming away the hours makes me sound kinda cheesy

But these feelings and thoughts of you
Allows my heart to always remain true

I'll always remember your beauty
You had the ability to make me feel incredibly giddy

Though you've be gone a million years
To my eyes, these thoughts of you, will always bring me to tears

So I look up towards heaven once in a while
As another fleeting memory makes this exact moment quite worthwhile

I miss the laughter and your presence
All I have now are these thoughts of you, and the sound of silence.

Written by:
Jason Cheney
May 25, 2021