She Felt the Breath of God

In this religious war,
demons thought humans were weak,
frail, defenseless, meek,
but they learned the hard way,
humans would defend themselves in every way.
The dark demon had ruthlessly stripped
 a female human of her dignity,
hoping she would talk and feel the pity,
she was subjected to hideous torture,
she cried not knowing what to expect,
death crept,
rain came,
and produced a strange sensation,
she was impressive,
she had enormous strength,
she felt the breath of God fill her soul,
as the torture was taking its toll,
unable to gather information, the dark demon was defeated,
deflated, and time wasted, repeatedly,
she died for humanity,
the dark demon felt the insanity,
she died a hero,
the dark demon sighed,
tried, cried,
he thought he’d get the human female to talk,
he chopped her legs off so she couldn’t walk,
everything he needed to drive her insane,
but when the rain came, 
he had lost,
to a human who never had the ability to disregard pain.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Ginn Avatar
January 16, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Frank it ws hard for me to get past the title, wowsers. The whole work is inspiring. Laurie
Degenhardt Avatar
January 16, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Excellent details and a wonderful story of faith and strength found therein, defeating evil. Terrific flow and just a great write! Michael
Bulger Avatar
January 16, 2009 at 10:53 AM
wow.. great story poem here, left me to ponder to myself....... nicely written.
Higgins Avatar
January 16, 2009 at 10:48 AM
I love the flow of this piece and the way the story unfolded. This is well written and holds the reader's attention. Great job!
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