Beata Agustin Poet Dramatic Monologue

Fearlessness Revealed By Carolyn Devonshire

"Nothing to Fear" 

"We never know when death will come, 
so I cast my worries aside. 
When I first heard the news, 
my heart went numb, 
and then the diagnosis I denied. 

Finally acceptance came as I cried. 
Sands are pouring through the hourglass, 
but faith now saves me from fear. 
The beauty of heaven waits and I have a pass. 
At God’s plan, I will not sneer 
as I prepare to approach a blessed frontier."

Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2012 

          This poem of Carolyn Devonshire exposes her faith, exclaims her trust in God, and expresses her perspective of death --- that it is not to be feared.  I am personally blessed by this muse since it exhorts me to view death in a biblical way.  According to 2Corinthians 5:8, “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” Likewise, this reverberates her comments to my poems, which I treasure as a Christian writer in being “vocal” about my spiritual beliefs. 

August 26, 2021

Contest Name: Celebrating Carolyn's Poetry: An Uncontest
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich

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Brian Strand September 21, 2021 at 1:09 AM So do I Beata,faith in action

James Marshall Goff September 19, 2021 at 9:37 PM Sad & beautiful too, Beata, thanks for sharing

Andrea Dietrich September 11, 2021 at 5:21 PM oh wow, this sure hits me hard. I recall when she believed all those years ago that she was set to die and then how she felt better when she realized the diagnosis was not as bad as she feared. To think that less than ten years later, she faced death again and succumbed. But she is in a good place now, and I am thankful you chose this beautiful poem of hers to show to the world. Thanks so much (I am trying to get to as many of the poems in my contest as possible by next week when I'll be busy)

Delice Arleen Skelly August 26, 2021 at 11:17 PM Carolyn's acceptance of her diagnosis speaks to us all, may we be so brave. RIP....Delice