Premiere Contest WinnerThe Beacon of Hope

When you dread the break of day
and wait with the bated breath
the dawn of dusk 
for an eerie peace to descent,
When the balmy twilight 
singes your soul and you yearn  
for the welcoming arms of darkness,
When you begin to walk
and lose all sense of direction
but are too far down the road 
to turn back,
When you turn to your friends
and find none to comfort you,
When the concept of an all pervading God
dissipates like the morning mist
besetting you with doubts and fear;

Then in the midst of a looming storm,
death appears like a beacon of hope
beckoning your weary soul ashore.


~04/20/2017 / Words count: 111
~Free Verse contest by Laura Loo
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Smith Avatar
February 24, 2017 at 8:05 AM
Well done Abdul, congratulations...
Rodrigues Avatar
February 24, 2017 at 5:22 AM
Congrats, Abdul!
Daniel Avatar
February 24, 2017 at 3:21 AM
Congratulations Abdul on a fine win:)
Hamilton Avatar
February 23, 2017 at 9:27 PM
Wow Abdul nice write! Congrats on a fine win!
Mandani Avatar
February 23, 2017 at 9:45 PM
Thanks John. Appreciate a lot.
Vinson Avatar
February 23, 2017 at 9:19 PM
Abdul, congratulations! Powerful, inspired writing - the reader is drawn inexorably on.
Mandani Avatar
February 23, 2017 at 9:44 PM
Appreciate your comment. Thanks Doug.
Scars Avatar
February 23, 2017 at 8:54 PM
Just beautiful Abdul..made my soul shine and my heart smile :) thank you and congrats :)-luloo
Mandani Avatar
February 23, 2017 at 9:44 PM
Glad you liked it. Thanks a lot.
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April 27, 2014 at 4:25 AM
Abdul, ... Congratulations. Thank you for the support. XOX~ Linda
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