A Soldier Must Rise (Poem #13)
I once thought I live right I thought everything was good Years prior I met God Years prior I served diligently I saw truth for truth And saw lies unfolding My eyes met with the sins of my heart Then I let my heart disown them I was clean as can be Always striving for purity Being diligent to obey When God's voice spoke to me softly Persecution was strong But with God I was stronger He held up my hands And my prayer was enlightened So near He was Like the wind blowing around me My mind was on Him Day and night as I meditated on Him But when things got too much The pressure overwhelming Things seemed to crash From the weight of my surroundings Instead of still fasting Instead of continuing in Him A bit of me gave up And started spiraling backwards I fell to my knees Like a soldier defeated I sank so very deep His thoughts, I couldn't hear them The deeper I went The more sin overshadowed me My spirit felt dead And my soul cried for mercy But through all the pain My...