Healing Grace



Gloom, doubt, fear  stalked in,
like ugly frogs in mire,
tried to squeeze into my inner place.
Silence I embraced.

No, I cannot be robbed of what I own!
Then came the call,
"step out with your sword,
breastplate, close to your heart, firmly hold"

That voice my sunken senses stirred,
my soul rebelled
against a choking darkness,
 my peace, my inner self, to steal

God stands by me in heaven and in hell
His Word-- eternal shield, a  blazing torch,
His love, to light the pilgrim's path,
 Him  shall I praise,
within His healing grace.
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Submitted by donka_k on May 11, 2020

Modified by donka_k on February 14, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX XXXX XXXX XXXXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 538
Words 111
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 5

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2 Comments
  • donka_k
    Thank you. The poem is abut spiritual warfare, one that is not seen but is there.
    LikeReply2 months ago
  • luisestable1
    This can be read as the protection that came against the negative situation. One thing to see is what gave rise to the problematic that is exhibited in the first part of the poem.
    Not bad writing this is. It has its moments of poetic merit. 
    LikeReply2 months ago

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