I ran into an old friend at church the other day and she inspired this poem. Cheers Keats |
-There She Is- by Keaton Foster There she is A wilderness within God’s greatest creature Eyes, deeper than any pool Her heart, stronger did it grow Faith, hers now stands quite true Like a mountain within her mind Symbiotically connected to her soul Never could it be removed Changed or reshaped All that she is has been saved Redeemed She was once wicked and wild I knew her back during that time She use to stand In the middle of the road Daring people to run her down She use to drink her pain away Never for a second would she pray She use to refuse God at every turn She believed she was cursed Not because of what she had done But rather because who she was Her vicious cycle was easily relatable For many years we lost track of each other Easily I spiraled down into further madness As she climbed out of the blackness Ultimately and without question She saved herself as I failed myself She found a way to live beyond the grave While I buried myself much deeper And now There she is Standing right in front of me I moved in quite closer No reaction was forthcoming I was sure that I knew who she was She had no idea of who I had become I said hello fair lady of love and life In this world of darkness I can now see That you are the purest of lights She reached out her well-manicured hand Welcoming me into the house of her God Please lost child of Zion find safety here This place is your home just as it is mine I shook her hand, never for a second Forgetting all that I really am I said thank you kindest of stranger That I will without question admire She smiled brighter as I walked away There she is The girl that I use to know The one without any faith The one without any purpose That was of course a long time ago It’s clear to me that is no longer the case I wish I could be like her I will try, at least for a limited time After that I will return to where I belong And to what remains in this world that I know There she is She has changed She has been redeemed A new person of light A saved creature That has escaped her once terrible plight… There She Is Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014. |