Toward The Light

The moment of change.

For God so loved the world
that He gave up His only begotten Son
so that whoever should believe in
Him would never perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16


I walked toward the Light
The place it shone down
Silence faded away
I heard crying all around

I saw first the cross
I saw the man nailed there
I saw His blood, their tears
Of the divine I became aware

The light shone, I cried
I saw Him raise His head to look at me
I felt the burning deep inside
I stood there, I would not flee

I felt cleansed, I felt healed
I dropped to my knees and cried
I prayed like I never had before
I wept with the others when He died

The Light faded I stood alone
Forever changed was I
The Fire burned in me forevermore
Now I knew why I was alive

Reviews

[R J Askew]

I agree with Damien Thibodeaux. The feelings in this poem are exquisite, very uplifting and a real sign of versatility in your creativity. Great read.

I like the gentle rhyme you have going also, like the form. Also I counted the use of 'I'. It appears 3 times in verse one and by the time we get to verse four it appears 6 times, making verse fours seem the most intense in the poem. Verse five is like a gentle wind down.

[Tina Kline]

Thank you most kindly.

[Fran Marie]

an inspirational piece of writing... so beautiful in its essence of divinity...well done!

[Tina Kline]

Thank you very much.

[Leslie Philibert]

Like the poem, I personally have other views, but I respect your position.

[Tina Kline]

Thank you.

[Wolf's Dark Song]

One can only believe or disbelieve. A truly inspiring tale in your poem.
Good work on this.

[Tina Kline]

thank you!

[Wolf's Dark Song]

YOu're very welcome.

[Star Wolf]

awesome poem. Inspiring and a bit frightening at the same time.
I could visualize this all happening!!

[Tina Kline]

Thanks so much,

[Aethereal]

This poem has the optimistic essence that says:

"We may not know very much, but we do assume that the total content of what we don't know anything about (Whatever that is?) is on our side, and our eternal fate must be a blessed one."

This optimistic tone has given human beings hope, and has held human societies together for hundreds of thousands of years within the context of evolving self-serving contentions. The self-serving contentions of the last two thousands years have been beautiful cherries on top of the ice cream sundae of mythical thought for billions of forlorn people in need of some certainty in life. Enjoy!

[Tina Kline]

Thank you.

[Black Cat Fever]

A very inspiring and meowsome poem. I like this a lot. Your words really pull the reader into what is happening. Impressive and creative work!!!

[Tina Kline]

Thanks very much.

[Damien Thibodeaux]

Wow, not what I expected from the mistress of the dark. Very inspiring and well written. I can tell by the structure, you put a lot of thought and work into every line you write and every word you choose. When I read your poems, I feel like I'm there, so I knew you were a good writer. But now I'm discovering your versatility. You have the ablity to move between genres while maintaining your style. Excellent write. I am going to recommend this poem to another writer friend whose genre is Religious/Christianity. I think she would enjoy this too.

[Tina Kline]

Thanks very much. I hope your writer friend enjoys this poem.

[Damien Thibodeaux]

I believe she will find it very uplifting.

[Coyote Song]

An awesome poem, full of outstanding imagery, its so inspirational and full of hope,
just what we all need right now.

[Tina Kline]

Thank you very much.