Hope

The Darkness

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:13

now I know

now I know,

why junkies stick needles

in their arms,

and lie dying

in back street alleys;

now I know,

why death comes

before the body

actually dies;

now I know

what Christ felt;

now I know,

where people go,

when there is

nothing left;

now I know,

just how black

the darkness of the night

can be;

now I know,

just how deep

the bottom

really is;

now I know;

and the needle,

and the powder,

and the shots of whiskey,

and death;

only make it

legitimate;

now I know,

and have lived

to tell about it.

This Prison

in the dead of the hot summer night,

the breeze finally comes,

as the heat floats gently away,

like the breath of a slowly dying man,

his soul crying out to be free

from this prison,

where it has been held for so long,

never allowed to become all

that it was meant to be,

praying for survival among

the destruction of these decaying

prison walls,

returning to a home it has

never known;

sleep comes hard,

in this lonely land of pain,

as thoughts of words already said,

echo through the silence of the mind,

remembering places nearly forgotten,

by this clever disguise called life;

The small, still voice softly calls out,

offering a refuge of hope and light,

amidst the cold and barren darkness,

of this forgotten, forsaken cell;

I wish I could walk away

from this prison,

discard it like old clothes,

free at last;

no restrictions,

no fear or rage,

only quiet, simple

thought;

this prison which holds me to the earth,

this prison that makes me crave depravity,

this prison in which I was born,

this prison which has grown with me;

but has never let me grow.

The Light

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.  2 Samuel 22:29

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.   Isaiah 9:2

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.   John 8:12

Parole

within the conquering depths,

of this cold, black cell,

You bring hope and life,

from the empty solitude

of this perpetual dungeon,

You fill me with your light,

trapped in the endless despair

of this eternal bondage,

You bring freedom and peace;

this prison,

holding me captive all my life,

no longer decides

who or what I shall be,

this depraved fortress of iniquity,

filled with unending suffering and pain,

where so much has been lost,

no longer shackles me,

in the binding chains

of anger and fear,

the master of eternal night,

whose darkness and lies

deceive the whole world,

no longer blinds my eyes;

freed from this prison,

at a cost beyond compare,

paroled by Your sacrifice and love,

through Your amazing mercy and grace;

PRAISE YOUR NAME FOREVER!!!

Forever

when you are troubled,

turn to Him,

and He will be there,

when you are despaired,

call out His name,

and He will hear;

this world,

this life,

this time,

this moment,

all pass away;

but His love is forever;

He will never forsake us,

He will never leave us,

this is His word,

this is His holy promise,

to all who believe,

to all who trust,

on His wonderful

and precious name.

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