<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=547721" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>By God's Good Grace</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wraithlike shadows encased my thoughts<br>Darkness consumed my soul, in Death's net I was caught.<br>Running without hope<br>Coarse hairs round wrists and ankles, tight as rope.<br>Traversing the open sands<br>My feet grew weary, tied down by a demons' hands.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fighting for every breath<br>I let ghosts creep down inside my chest.<br>Icy fingers of fear drew the warmth<br>From my very skin, surrounding me in a swarm.<br>Hated words from my youth come back<br>Taking lessons from Houdini has not helped me see the path.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So, I turn, and turn and turn<br>Wishing for something other than my soul to burn.<br>Finding no way out I turn to faith<br>Failed again there is no escape.<br>Until a hand pulls me from the pit<br>Only there is no body, no mouth with some ready quip.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Only that hand and a voice as whispered from around<br>Only a hand you need, you have strength to stand your ground.<br>And then I understood why I had to fight so hard<br>I am meant for something grander, said his sweet ballad.<br>Even if only to touch one life, one time<br>I'll give Him one last stand, slowly I rise from knees to feet and smile.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Joy Vanderhelm March 2006</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Joy+Vanderhelm">Joy Vanderhelm</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=547721" data-title="By God's Good Grace de Joy Vanderhelm" data-description="Wraithlike shadows encased my thoughts Darkness consumed my soul, in Death's net I was caught. Running without hope Coarse hairs round wrists and ankles, tight as rope. Traversing the open sands My feet grew weary, tied down by a demons' hands. F..."></div> </div> </div>

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