Heavenly Song

Slowly, quietly, tenderly, gently

Calling me back from my zone

I lay there covered in a blanket of darkness

Not knowing where my head roams.

Then faster, louder, panic-stricken now

My darling, awaken, please, dear?

I'm lost in this slumber, this heavenly song

Leave me alone, I want to stay here.

Selfish, alone, I'm wondering why

Why am I all alone in this place?

There's light shining down, from all around

I look up and see a beautiful face.

It shines like the sun, no, brighter, I think.

And rainbows of love fall on me.

Go, says a Voice, you've had a glimpse.

One day, you will return to Me.

Then hunger, and hatred, and loss, and pain

They flood over me as I fall.

Falling down in a deep, dark well

Where I can't see His light at all.

Slowly, quietly, tenderly, gently

Calling me back from this darkness inside

I need you, he cries, and I need him too,

So slowly, I open my eyes.

Deborah Faith Taylor

~2008~