Saturday, January 1, 2011

The Chapter Closes

Bones remember what the heart does not

I have to pause at this spot

The spot that I have tasted pain

Drown in pools of tears that rain

The echo of a song not sung

The image of beloved one

Whose hand forever slipped away

On that fateful, tragic day

A day not very long ago

When will these tears cease to flow?

The epic tale, this chapter closed

Marked the fork in the road

My loved-ones earth journey is now done

They reached the end on race they’d run

In this gruesome, bloody war

Dirt stained hands wanted more

We wanted all to make it out alive

No one dear to up and die

And yet this chapter’s tragic twist

Tries to pull me into abyss

Of sleepless nights and guilty days

Turning from the lighted ways

It tries to drag me into night

Or from this battle to take flight

Do I want the fate of those?

Who tried to fight our forever foe?

Can I withdraw from the fray?

Just be “normal” as they say?

I know I didn’t start this fight

Does that justify my flight?

Or do I have to stand and fight?

I don the armor of the ONE

I know the war’s already won

But in this battle, here... today

Could just go either way

Behind the armor, my body quakes

I shiver… I pray I do not break

I grab hold of the only weapon known

To smite the enemy it’s shown

To uphold the weary one

That’s what the WORD of God has done

I mediate on it everyday

I try to walk in the WAY

I know I can only cling

Of His GRACE I boldly to sing

And his praises loudly ring

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