Thursday, December 25, 2008

ALLEYCAT POEMS / REBORN

STANDING IN A ROOM STARING AT THE SMALL T.V. WITH BIBLE SITTING ON TOP
SILENCE , TENSION , DEATH IN THE AIR .
I KNEW WHAT TO DO BEFORE , BUT NOW , I'M NUMB ,SUSPENDED THOUGHT.
THEN I HEARD A VOICE SAY
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ? THEN EVERYTHING I'VE DONE WAS FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES
NOTHING BUT EMPTINESS WAS MY LIFE
NOW MY EYES WERE OPEN THIS I NEVER SEEN
BUT HE WHO SPOKE THE UNIVERSE INTO EXISTENCE REVEALED TO ME DILAPIDATION ALREADY SET IN
WHERE ARE YOU GOING ,HE ASKED GENTLY
I SAID LORD I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT SO FAR FROM THEE !
BUT PLEASE IF YOU CAN RESCUE ME
WITH THAT SAID THERE'S A KNOCK AT THE DOOR
I LOOK THOUGH THE SHADES AND WHAT DO I SEE
THE POLICE HAVE COME TO ARREST ME !
6 MONTHS LATER NOW I CAN SEE
THE POISON OF ALCOHOL HAS LEFT ME
BEING WITHOUT A DRINK ALL THESE MONTHS , THE GRACE OF GOD NEVER LEFT MY BUNK.
NOW RELEASED I ENROLL IN BIBLE SCHOOL TO KNOW WHY I BELIEVE
A NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST IN ME .

EUGENE CARRANCO

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