I am in the shadows
A war in my presence
Enemies unseen
I slipped their attempts

I try to stay aware
Yet, I am a target
Death, a presence
Ever close, waiting

Some how, I am still here
I have an angel, watching
Even as the worse events
play out

The end, appears close
Yet, I hear a voice saying
“Wait…endure….”
Even as my world is destroyed

Endure, as everything is taken
And, is gone…
I watch as the smoke ascents
Nothing left , just ashes and
Smoke..

In sack cloth, with ashes on my head
Repenting my life, and the moment
of my conception
I endured in my misery

And, then the light came… first
a beam then two angels to lift
me out of my sorrow

They spoke of forgiveness
They spoke of a new covenant
All that was, I will be blessed
with again
Not one life that was taken in
vain

Though, I knew their words were
true
As they took their leave of me
Still, I felt the pain
Of being
Human