Poetry for the Soul - Moment of Awareness

MOMENT OF AWARENESS

by Irene M. Cash

One night in the darkness and noise of the world

I froze in mid-sentence, the room reeled and twirled.

Is there anyone out there, anyone at all

Who hears what I'm saying? Please answer my call!

My chatter and banter were merely a guise,

My soul is screaming, just look in my eyes!

My pain is enormous, too ugly to share

The weight of my grief is too much too bear!

I crumbled inside and ran for my life

Crying out to God in my suffering and strife.

Just as I felt that bottomless pit

surround and engulf me, a small light was lit.

Deep in my soul a spot like a seed

A name, JESUS, rose up in me.

Out of Gods Breath, His mark upon me

There rose such a joy I fell to my knees!

I uttered His name unto the wind

And all 'round about me light shafts came in,

To drive out the darkness, the suffering and pain,

He lifted my burden, I stood tall once again, indeed,

He lifted me up in His arms oh so strong

And there I shall stay as this world rolls along.

Published in God's Potpourri Volume II
Copyright 1995, Rainbows End Company
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