ONCE WAS ENOUGH †
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CONCEIVED I WAS
IN UNFELT PAIN
DOWNWARD DESCENDING
LIKE DROPS OF RAIN
.
AND TO THE EARTH
AS A SWORD, I FELL
WHILE HEAVEN CRIED
AND SO DID HELL
.
I LEFT THE GLORY
AND TOUCHED THE DIRT
I SOUGHT THE LOVE
WHICH BROUGHT THE HURT
.
AND MY LIFE STARTED
TO BRING THE END
AND I CRIED, BLOOD STAINED
FOR WAYWARD MEN
.
MY MOTHER HELD ME
MY FATHER TURNED
MY MIND, REPLAYING
THE THINGS I’D LEARNED
.
AND ALL THE WHILE
THE SHADOWS GREW
AROUND THE BLIND ONES
WHO SAW THE TRUE
.
THE ONES WHO HATED
THE ONES WHO LIED
AND STOLE MY GARMENTS
THERE AS I CRIED
.
THE PAIN I BORE THEN
NO ONE COULD MEASURE
(NO MAN APPRAISES
THE THINGS I TREASURE)
.
FOR IN THAT DARKNESS
I HUNG ALONE
AND PRAYED FOR STRENGTH
AND WEPT FOR HOME
.
EARTH SPLIT ASUNDER
THE HEAVENS RANG
BLIND EYES WERE OPENED
AND CHILDREN SANG
.
BUT IN THAT MOMENT
OF UNKNOWN DEATH
MY LUNGS EXPELLED
THAT MORTAL BREATH
.
AND I AWAKENED
IN CAVERNS DEEP
WHERE MEN RAN SCREAMING
AND DID NOT SLEEP
.
THEY KNEW MY NAME THERE
THEY KNEW MY FACE
THOUGH THEY’D NEVER SEEN ME
OR KNOWN MY GRACE
.
AND I BEHELD THEM
AND HUNG MY HEAD
WITH SORROW BURDENED
FOR THE TRULY DEAD
.
ACROSS THE CHASM
I SAW THE OTHERS
MY LOVED ONES, WAITING
MY FRIENDS, MY BROTHERS
.
THEY SAW ME COMING
THEIR HANDS, THEY RAISED
THEY DANCED IN JOY
MY NAME, THEY PRAISED
.
I TOOK THEM WITH ME
UP TO THE SKY
NO MORE TO SUFFER
NO MORE TO DIE
.
ASCENDING NOW
FROM THAT DESCENT
I FOUND THOSE TO WHICH
I HAD BEEN SENT
.
AND LIKE THE LIGHTNING
AND LIKE THE RAIN
THE GLORY FELL
AND HEALED THE PAIN
.
TO AN ANCIENT PLACE
AND ALL IT’S PLEASURES
I CARRIED ALL
MY EARTHLY TREASURES
.
AND MANY HUNGRY
FOR THE LOVE I GIVE
WILL BE TRANSPORTED
TO THE PLACE I LIVE
.
VESSELS OF LIGHT
WHO’VE KEPT THE VOW
WILL BE TRANSFIGURED
THOUGH CLAY FORMED NOW
.
AND COUNTLESS CHILDREN
LIKE GRAINS OF SAND
WILL LIVE FOREVER
WITHIN MY HANDS
.
WOULD I DO IT OVER?
THE DEATH FOR SIN?
A MILLION TIMES
I’D DIE FOR MEN !
.
BUT THERE’S NO NEED
TO AGAIN, REBUFF
HELL’S POWER IS BROKEN
ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
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by Rhondavoo
May 2011