In His Care

It was just a tiny little germ in my heart,

long overlooked, almost nothing --

yet the Good Lord chose today

to cure it,
transforming that which I'd mistaken
for a tightly locked door

into the wide-open arms of a
new friend.

Without warning,

an entire garden of hope sprouted

where the speck of germ had been,

watered, surprisingly,

by my own tears 

of the most unexpected

joy.