Like the darkness
We struggle to escape
Comes a hopelessness, a fear
Who engraves dread
Across the mind, through the spirit
Inside the one who fails to listen
To the voice of His wisdom
Fear barks orders
To the inner peace
Destroying the silence
With winds of grief
Worries so haunting
They’re beyond deafening
Coloring the sunlight
In apprehensions so dim
It almost feels like
They’re blended with sin
The fright fills the heart
With dissuasion so real
It burns up the wonder
Frees the caged whispers
Of light which reflect
All the joy and beauty
Tossed upon seas of laughter
Filling minds with pleasure
Promises that this worry
Will become only a memory
In the shadows of distress
Pools of melancholy
Reach out to the brokenness
Of one who knows that this is
Despair, dejection, discouragement
Piercing the heart of life
With its sword of misery
Its recession into the fear
That haunts, damaging even
The best courage, all hope
Fear lingers on the soul
Of the one who knows
This darkness is like death
Flickers of uncertainty
Raining defeat into the ears
Of the one who hears
All the ripples of failure
Coursing through the veins
Of this storm, this downpour
Of disappointment, gloom
Yes, it is like a looming
Grimace shading the soul
In trembling despair
Feelings so desperate, so bleak
They feel like light
Can never shine bright enough
To uncover the truth
Fear like this is a prison
But you hold the key in your thoughts
Victory can be found
With only one touch
Of the love that falls down
From the One who gives
Courage to face anything
Any fear, any worry, any dread
He is the answer to destroying
The fear that haunts the soul
With its darkness and dismay
This liquid fear that slithers away
When love is poured out through faith
In the One who brings amazing grace
To teach His children to turn their face
To the heavens where He awaits
And will always be strength so when
They pray – they find the courage
To face any fear, any struggle, any worry
With the love He shines down
To destroy all darkness, all trouble
With a love that is absolutely perfect!
1 John 4:18 King James Version
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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