A Light
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Oh the exaltation...when having prayed for a grave situation for so long...one can 'see' the faint 'light' of an answer!!! Amen and Pressing-on
She had been walking
on the same midnight road
for so long...
its ebone' atmosphere
enveloping her sight...'snickering'
at her pleas and song*
She followed a destined path
making its now and again turns...
her dilated pupils robotically ahead
...stared
peering far into the cold distance...
seeking a sliver of gold, oh just a spark!
the weary fibers of her very being
persistently...glared!*
There were times of secret wails
when even she did not understand...yet
she pressed on...
unseen protective arms…bore
'til, at last...
the appointed time...came...!
albeit, the hour of 'a-l-l' her pining...arrived!
she was at first stunned…
then realization flooded...her core…*
For...there...it...was!
A 'minute' essence
of darkness' vanquish...appeared
...a Light!!!*
So small, perhaps...
not...at all?!??
she squinted...yes!
it was there...
a Light!!!*
Snailing and obtuse, but...
a glimmer...!
she flung away the 'mounds' of
accumulated despondency...
silenced! the reverberating...
'what's the use??!!'*
Still so far away,
but never-the-less
...a Light!!!*
At last! a beckoning...
O, Lord...a hope!
yes...yes...! she knows...she knows!
there's a long, long ways to go but
...a Light!!!*
It matters not the size of it
for to her
it is a 'brigade' of opulence bright
t-e-a-r-i-n-g... t-h-r-o-u-g-h
the facade
of her e-t-e-r-n-a-l night!*
A Light...!!! A Light...!!!
O! Praise God...
...A Light!!!
Jam 5:16, 1 Thess 5:17, Lk 18:1, Matt 19:26, Hab 3:17-18
(c)2/06/2009 - jmsbell
Copyright © Joyce Bell | Year Posted 2025
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