Salvation

“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes” 

As the devourer chomps

more and more bites

from our collective day

And there are ever fewer places

its great maw has not marred

And as we see the things we hoped for swallowed —

their pieces spit back on the putrid heap —

And feel the seemingly inexorable churning

of sacrificial goods conveyed to feed the beast

What can deliver us?

What can deliver us?

Not only from the looming shadow —

swift encroaching hopelessness, despair —

But also from the soporific tendency

to sink in hooded apathy

or hide in empty revelry

To close our eyes as if we didn’t care. . .

Truth can deliver us

The truth of each one’s heart’s desire

must reaffirm its presence

The law of motivations

must ascend in every life

Till all that is perverted falls

and only what is true remains.

“Then will I also confess unto thee 

that thine own right hand can save thee.”

— And each yearning heart

that answers its own call

will help to realign our lives

and save us all.

©Wendy Mulhern

May 25, 2012