Poetry
The Escape
By: Gary L. S. West
When darkness surrounds
And cold death abounds
And none save me can tell
When the banshee cries
And Lucifer sighs
This life becomes my hell
As a sharer in torment
My spirit lies dormant
And my sight is jaded to all
I wallow in pity
Here in Sin's City
With my voice too faded to call
My life is but a sham
My soul most surely damned
And I ask, "Is there any who can see
An out for me to take
Despite the high stake
A plan by which to set myself free"
Of this life, of my hell
Of this home, of this cell
Of these chains wrapped tight 'round my heart
Cry freedom, my soul
My spirit, be whole
As I lay down a plan to depart
But I am missing a key
To my grand remedy
A small hidden flaw in my plan
For none can escape
This spiritual rape
Through any method devised by man
Tears drown all I see
As I fall to my knees
My hopes now shattered and bent
My daemons rejoice
And devils lend voice
To mock my anguished lament
I am torn through and through
With no clue what to do
As I weep bitterly into my hands
It is then I realize
As I open wide my eyes
That there is One I know that understands
With my head bowed low
And hands folded like so
I began my first prayer I recall
Dark thought and fell deed
I lay down at His feet
And I pray for redemption of it all
New sensation permeates
As it burns away my hate
Placing overwhelming love in its stead
All my doubt and my fear
Begins to disappear
In moments, He has vanquished all my dread
The first part complete
I race to brave this feat
And I ask not a quest to match my might
This, instead, is all I ask
For strength equal to the task
No matter how arduos the fight
Now about me I wear
The armour of prayer
I bear Truth in the manner of a sword
So I march for the gate
To this City of Hate
I will be free of this demonic horde
The gate cannot hold
'Gainst one who is bold
'Gainst one who is fillled by the Blood
I am free of my sin
By the Blood, I will win
Now with joy, I am filled like a flood
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