The Visit

THE VISIT
By
Jan Phillips

I was so depressed when I went to bed;
I cried “Dear Lord take me home instead”.
I prayed and prayed through the darkest night,
I didn’t want to see the morning’s light.
The Lord came down from Heaven above,
and folded me in His arms with love.
I felt His robes of softest cloth;
They floated around me like the wings of a moth.
I grabbed His robes and held on tight;
I was leaving with my life’s bright light!
In a voice which had no sound,
He said “My child you are still earth bound.
It’s not your time to go just yet;
You still owe me some earthly debt.
Your time won’t come for many years;
And during those, you will shed some tears.
Your life’s road will be up and down;
But remember, I’ll always be around.
I’ll be there for you through thick and thin;
Just ask my forgiveness when you sin.”
I went to sleep knowing I’d been blessed,
By a visit from my Lord as you may have guessed.
My life since then has been worry free;
Because I have more faith in the Lord, you see!

This is truly a beautiful piece you wrote here, the message is so true and you got it across in such a amazing way. Great job!

He brought me back 3 times. Suicide attempt,illness, accident.
I've stopped asking why,
just see every aspect of life as precious and a gift.
Pain and suffering are gifts we can offer up for sinners like ourselves who have no one to pray for them.
The more you go through, the greater the blessing.
The first four lines of this poem was my entire mentality for a major portion of my life,
really no way to live in fact...a living death.

Peace and Blessings to you.

Your poem is very touching. You juxtapose despair and regeneration nicely. I especially love how you kept it real by pointing out that even though life will not always be great our Lord will always be there.

I have one wee suggestion. I thought the word moth, really didn't fit in this poem, so maybe you could replace the following:
"They floated around me like the wings of a moth."
With:
They floated around me like wings aloft.
Or something like it.

Or how about this: "his lovingkindness bearing me aloft".

Great suggestion oneagleswings!

beautiful...

:)