A blessing of new life

Let heaven x-ray your heart

let its light expose

those delightful shadows

and tormenting chains

no one knows about.

Let heaven unplug

your stubborn ears

and remove the wax-build up 

of selfish ambition.

Let heaven soften your rocky heart

in the brine of simple love

until you'll feel the heartbeat

of the suffering of others at midnight

instead of the beat of earthly mediocrity.

After that, listen

and when you hear, eventually,

the voice of God,

obey it,

and a  gushing river of life

will start flowing

in the barren desert of your heart.

Author's Note

Painting, "Desert River" by Anita Monika.

Reviews

[Cassie]

I love this, so so encouraging

[SleeplessVolcano]

Glad you’re encouraged! You must have stumbled upon a “light” patch in my writing for they can get rather dark too.......

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I must say as a devout anti creationist I read this with different eyes. The first verse is a draw as it implores self examination, acceptance of who we are in our deepest recesses and that we do not have to be bound within these dark spaces. It seems to me to espouse a more understanding humanistic approach to self and others, the values of which need to be spread far and wide but do not need to be tied to any religious ideology. Food for thought!

[SleeplessVolcano]

Hi John - I like the way you find meaning in words which most anti-creationist (or atheists, pardon my assumption, if it is wrong) would not even read because it differs with their worldview. Dialogue between those with drastically different views on life could indeed lead to interesting food for thought.....

Thanks for reviewing.

[Chris Shaw]

Beautiful image you have posted to accompany your lines. They come across like a prayer, uplifting, soothing and healing. They do indeed have a touch of heaven about them and I was thankful to come across them this morning. All good wishes.

Chris

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thanks Chris - Glad that you found it uplifting!

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my goodness ...you have written my prayer sir! ;) well done .. those places we think are the absolute worse ... so terrible we hide them and they are chained by demons so as never to let the glimmer of our own assent for God to peer in ... and remove ... oh my oh my ... i love this one sir! fits me like a glove ... and fantastic choice of pic ... a rather enchanted tree of light by the river of life .. headed skyward .. thanks for sharing this close to the heart poem!
E.

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thanks big E! Fewer words, but more prayers, says I! :)

[Einstein Noodle]

:) .....................