God Saved Me in Aisle 5

In the pursuit of hope, I found a mirror.
I stared deeply at it until I was in it
And once I was, I became overwhelmed
As my fingers grazed my cheek
And graced a gentleness I sorely yearned for.
I cried as a child who lost their mother would
In the disarray of a grocery store, 
Only stopping when the kind attendant appeared
Before him, held his hand, and told him
“We will find her, don’t worry.”
She was God, Hope and Kindness.
I embraced my reflection,
My vision blurry from tears
But how clearly I saw it now!
How important it is
To be gentle to your soul,
To that child lost in the grocery store.
“We found her! I told you we would!”

-k.r.r.