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Love and Light

My heart was locked up tight,
but it was still breaking.
I yearned for a special kind of light,
that would make a risk worth taking.
In my hour of need,
I turned to God above,
I whispered my plead,
to once again feel love.
Like a feather on the wind,
you brushed against my heart,
and asked to be let in,
to let the flow of love once again start.
Suddenly my world was filled with light,
warm, guiding, and offered unconditionally,
your light, shining and shimmering so bright,
through the darkness I could finally see.
I opened my eyes,
and bore my soul,
because against all odds love defies,
and strives to heal and make whole.
The moment you came into my life,
I no longer had burdens upon me,
and despite all of my past strife,
I was finally able to be free.
I begged God for you,
when I felt so alone,
and with love so true,
you are the best gift I’ve ever known.
How can I complain,
about the trials that come,
about the thunder or the rain,
when all my loneliness is done.
Whatever may unfold,
I can greet it with a smile,
because in my heart your love I hold,
it carries me through mile after mile.
The tears I once shed,
seem distant and foreign,
since the prayer that I said,
has let me let you in.
In moments of crisis and uncertainty,
when justice is far from my view,
all it takes is your love to remind me,
that the world has become brand new.
Now I walk bravely with my head held high,
now I am grateful for the ground beneath my feet,
now when there is a dark and gloomy sky,
I still feel safe and complete.
Let the thorns pierce my skin,
let the storms rage through,
let the emotions rumble within,
as long as I have you to turn to.
There is no longer a plead to make,
as I have been fulfilled,
by a love that will never shake,
a love that God mercifully willed.

 

© Shenita Etwaroo


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