My life so harsh and hopeless, <br />And lived in deep despair, <br />So lost, alone and beaten, <br />For no one knew me there, <br /> <br />The end so close, foreboding, <br />Though welcomed by my soul, <br />I closed my eyes and entered, <br />The deepest, darkest hole, <br /> <br />I tumbled ever faster, <br />And moved so swiftly on, <br />My heart light as a feather, <br />Now knowing, I was gone, <br /> <br />Despair, I left so far behind, <br />And happy to be free, <br />I made my final journey, <br />To discover who was me, <br /> <br />I left no one to mourn me, <br />Or stand beside my grave, <br />No knight in shining armour, <br />Rode a stallion, strong and brave. <br /> <br />My journey now was at an end, <br />I’d given up the fight, <br />I opened up my tear filled eyes, <br />And saw a blinding light. <br /> <br />I raised my arm to shield them, <br />And saw a man; stand there, <br />He seemed a stranger to me, <br />But one who seemed to care. <br /> <br />He told me I must leave here, <br />Go back from whence I came, <br />He said that he would guide me, <br />But here he must remain. <br /> <br />I woke to songbirds singing, <br />Sunshine and skies of blue, <br />My guide he stood beside me, <br />“Child, we have much work to do”.<br /><br />Linda Harnett<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blinding-light-2/
