A Battle-Beaten Heart

Riptide

Our young lady has been through quite a lot. What used to be easy swimming was lost as she was swept away into deeper waters by a riptide. Away from those on shore, far from those in the air, and left in the cold waters with no comforting flames.
The world is bigger, darker, and emptier than our young lady would have ever anticipated it to be. Her friends all have their own paths to follow. Her family fell to pieces and scattered.
There is the infamous saying that there are plenty of fish in the sea. But our young lady feels she has been left in open ocean, which is more devoid  of life than even a desert.
She has no siren song to lure others to her. Her heart is starting to feel as empty as the void of open ocean. All she has left is her pet, some belongings, old memories, a job, and her faith.
I pray she clings tighter to her faith and will follow the path that this riptide has thrust her toward. It is all a part of a greater plan that can never be seen through the eyes of men but only through the eyes of heaven. As each person our young lady has departed from has found their own paths to follow, I pray each one will discover themselves and grow more independent and confident with each step. The same prayer goes for our young lady, may she grow into the warrior of faith that she is ment to be.
This new world is frightening and tough but our young lady will never be given a challenge that she cannot overcome with the guiding and protecting hand of the Almighty.