Colin Mitchell Williams Poet Free verse

Saviour

Saviour


Some people have met their saviour
Some may have been lucky enough
To have met many

He was an old man or an old lady 
Or a child, maybe
Who gave of them some timely advice
Or by demonstration showed you another path

Not exactly, a person of faith
But a person of, spiritual guidance
Who may come in their own time
With their own small piece of deliverance

But a saviour will always, in some way
Sacrifice their own heart
The lesson you need
May have been hard for them to learn

Saviours come in many guises
But salvation is something you have to accept
And realise it might not be
What you would have wanted

But saved you are; none the less

And to the lonely world has come
The lover you dreamed of
But will never have the courage to partake of
Still this saviour comes

The reflection of all your wishing
Though you will never follow
The voice of your escaping
Still you are shown the way

And you will cling to the thread
An ounce of meaning
Your desperation is for hope
Offered up to a pointless life

Some body loves you, cares for you
Enough to burn with you
And lay with you
In the empty night

Suffer the game with you, play it for you
Die each day next to you
But the dreams of saviours 
Are always ignored

But a saviour will always, in some way
Sacrifice their own heart
The lesson you need
May have been hard for them to learn

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Carolyn Devonshire June 28, 2009 at 3:16 PM Always so much wisdom in your words, Colin, and this poem has a great deal of truth. We never know who our saviors will be until they appear and make that impression that changes our life. Perhaps we have many saviors along the way. For me, you are one of them in the wisdom you share. Love, Carolyn