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A Light

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...albeit...
the appointed time...came!
Indeed...
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...a Light!
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, yet  
...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 eternal 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
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Croft Avatar
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Very nice!
Mcconnell Avatar
October 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nice inspiring and uplifting piece Joyce, this is well penned with good imagery and insightful line of thought too. Blessings,Gordon
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