The Promised Land

The view of a green meadow, aspirations undisturbed   
Twisting turning junctions lead to provinces returned
The sound of faraway church bells ring in my ears
 A mournful lullaby they sing for true believers
This congregation is heard in a songbird cadence  
No wings are needed to find heaven’s entrance
Forever is the gatekeeper
no passage for the spectator of prayer
Redemption plays for both sides, with a Grimm following
Another Gangster for the wheel of fortune’s calling  
Destiny versus chaos
And I am all in, life’s devoted gamble
Shooting for an Angel  

Misguided and fooled,  another trap door to the heartland
Dreaming of a fall with grace’s undergrowth,  a soft place that is mine 
Lightning strikes with demented points from the skyline 
     shattering glass across my path, a sight for brilliance  
 Capture my Present existence 
God smacked and faithful to Bloody feet 
I Choose again, walking among the saved concrete
    The Privileged Dark wings of my Brothers, fall across my face as reverence defined
This deity in time leads to the trail of old and blind
Righteous and divine another possession left behind
Embrace my brothers here on hell’s frontier
   blessed bells still ring in the distance, a precious navigator
 Delivered, Damned, and falling on the promise land



       
                                  Terry D'Arcy-Ryan
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017


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