No Longer Legion

No Longer Legion By Mark D. Stucky Demons departed via possessed pigs, down the dusty slope, drowning under waves, descending into the Abyss from which they came. Purged of evil spirits, my new emptiness echoes with His peace. I now have so much room to grow and go and flourish. I want to praise that Man, who asked me for my name, expelled the monstrous hordes, and calmed my anguished soul. I’m named Legion no longer. Now my name is solitary. My fragmented name, my forgotten name, my original name, my true name, is one again, now cleansed, and healed, and whole. (First published in Agape Review, 3 April 2022. This poem is written from the perspective of the previously possessed man in the story of Mark 5:1-20. The accompanying image represents a man pondering the waves--under which the tormenting voices and compulsions disappeared forever--and enjoying his new peaceful solitude and possibilities. See also my poems “Jericho Roads” and “Life Labyrinths.”) (Image by MariaD42530 on Pixabay.com.)