DIVINE DIVERSIONS

The devil couldn’t reach me, so he sent diversions in the form I desired most. He wrapped lies in laughter, gave them cute faces, glittered them up like gold. And I forgot, sometimes a wound wears jewels, sometimes danger looks like everything you ever prayed for. So I fell for it. I wasn’t the sun in their day, nor the star in their night. Even the moon could’ve shone better than me but I wasn’t that either. Is it any wonder that the mark once adorned in gems started bleeding on the one who never cut it? And guess who walked away with the scar? But what if scars aren’t shame but signs? Badges of strength, proof that I broke, bled, and still rose. I couldn’t dodge the pain, but I gained the wisdom. And if he couldn’t stop me from reaching everything except him, then truly,he is powerless. Now I know where I belong with the One who loved me when I couldn’t love myself. I may stumble, fear, fall, stutter, break but I now know whose I am. And from this day forward, I shall happen to life not the other way around.