Easter is coming...

In the darkness of my mind, there is a small light

Sometimes it is dim and other times it is over powering

One thing for sure, you cannot hide from it

When you try to hide behind your baggage:

It calls to you sweetly.

You try to blow it out, but it is unquenchable

When you run: it is like fire over your head

Blocking it out is nearly impossible

Once I sat in the darkest corner of my mind

It called to me louder and louder

I told it to go to Hell.

It tried repeatedly but I gave it the same response

The darkness of my mind widened and I stepped further out

It told me to come back for safety

I spit on the light to try and again put it out

The demons of my heart called me and I ran

They embraced me, kissed me, and made promises they couldn’t keep

And yet, I still tried to believe them

They whispered sweet in my ear and I forgot the light

Pleasures over whelmed me

And never again did I think of the light

Years later the darkness told me I had to put out the light for good

I smiled and began the long journey back to the light

It was dim

Almost completely gone

The closer I got the brighter it became

Then it roared like a raging fire.

Then I looked down and saw my body

Naked, exposed, bloody

Everyone could see my cuts, scars,

And the drops of red flowing down my naked flesh

I turned and my precious demons terrified me

I ran to put the light out for the last time.

It exposed my mind and all the demons ran to destroy it

I watched, as the light became a man

I sat there and I stared at the mangled flesh

One by one, the demons attacked the man like a sheep

They fell down dead

Only after committing their fowl deeds

I screamed and cried for them to stop

But non of them could touch me

The darkness of my mind began to disappear

And all my demons fell and were lost

I opened my eyes

There laid a man: bloody and bruised

He crawled over to me and began to clean my wounds

I begged him to stop as my pain fell upon him

He said not a word but his agony grew

Finally, he stood and gave me a white robe

I fell to my knees crying

And when I looked up all was light

My darkness and all my demons gone

Never to return again

And there stood the man

Whole and clean

The light in my mind before me again

I tried to hide but found all my baggage gone

Before him sat a small crown

He picked it up and put it on

He walked over to me, placed his hand on my shoulder

Then spoke with the voice of the ocean:

“You are my child

And this is your crown

A crown of good deeds

This will grow

Fear no more for I am with you

I’ll love you forever more.”

-Written by: Mollie Beach