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Saving Grace
« Thread Started on Apr 16, 2005, 4:27pm »

Life, heart deteriorating
Entangled in my own raw misery
That did not cease strangling me
As the clawing vines with their
Jagged teeth burying themselves in my exhausted form
Climbing like rugged crevices in a weeping cliff
Buried in a wheezing mountain where no light could dwell
Where no feeling was tolerated
Only snarling darkness and destruction thrived
Trapped within a dismal sphere
That held nothing but death

The all too eager waters rushed to swallow me up
Their malicious white water choking my depleted lungs
A ragged gasp wracked my body
As I fought to release one final scream
The enraged churning waters
Desperate panicking vines
Sought to pull me under
Every second was a titanic struggle
Refusing to abate

To me the dawn of the merciful sun was nonexistent
The gentle voice that called to me
Was the voice I screamed to stop trying to save me
The hands that held my face above water
Were the hands I denied the right to hold me
The fingers that lovingly tousled my hair
Were the fingers I shouted to stop caressing my heart
The arms that fought to bring me to land
Were the arms I bit to keep them from hugging me

I ripped at the heart of that beautiful being
And grieved his mind at my every action
When the vines had crept around my neck
And the waters had forced me into their grasp
When finally my body ceased flailing and fighting
Surrendering to the being
For I knew all was over
As tears coursed down my soaked face
My hair plastered against my scarred and pale countenance
Arms tangled in a bloody mess
A pitiful, sad, repulsive sight
I felt arms encircle my waist and hug me tightly
Holding me tight like a mother who had almost lost her child
“Do not be afraid.”<br>Fear knotted my heart
Thousands of thin threads like a tumbleweed

I closed my eyes and gave up all hope
Surrendered to the being who fought to save me
Whom I had rejected and hurt
Rejected and snarled at
Just as the sinister vines had sought to pull me under
I seemed to fly, floating subliminally through the soft air
That no longer beared the harsh wind that had chapped my face
And then… I was standing
On my own feet watching the clouds dance
Oblivious
The light waltz across the majestic canvas of the earth’s sky
Sky splitting into glistening fragments
Translucent lines darting across its beauty
And turned to look behind
Seeing the churning waters I had escaped from
Seeing the many poor souls that fought against all
Seeing the angels that sought to save them
Whom they denied

Saving grace
Saved my wretched soul
Saved my ugly heart
Saved my tainted mind
And drew me from the depths of death
Showed me love
Saving grace

(I know posted this on YWS, but I only have one comment on it, so I thought I might have better chance with it here.)

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