The Devil Never Wins!: The Fossil and the Fire, a poem

I wrote this poem while restoring my son's treasured Medadolon shark tooth, which I found in the ashes of our former home. It relates the restoration of this fossil to the restoration and healing we experienced after the fire through God's love being shown to us by friends and family. Enjoy REVIEW and SHARE!

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The Fossil and the Fire

There, in a heap of ashes

Which once was called our home

Rests a solitary shark tooth fossil

Had it survived the fire alone?

Much like the family of its owner

The fossil had come through this tragedy

But not without some battle scars

Even being broken into three

Our family washed and rinsed the fragile tooth

With lots of tender loving care

Which was just the same thing we had needed

To overcome the feelings of despair

Then we soaked it in a special primer

Which helped to strengthen up its core

As the answered prayers of friends and family

Had done for us just days before

We bonded the pieces back together

With a very special glue

Not nearly as special, however

As the bond of love our family knew

A shiny layer of acrylic

Was finally applied

To make the shark tooth look brand new

And cover up the scars inside

The funny thing about the scars

Is that those are now the special spots

Filled with more love from God above

Than our family could have ever thought

So Lord we thank you for keeping safe

The most valued things in the house that day

Father, Mother, Brother, Sister

And our precious Grandma too

And Lord, we thank you also

For our beautiful shark tooth fossil.

JL Lowry