The Journey Of A Lost Soul Poem by Terrance Tracy

The Journey Of A Lost Soul



When I was younger hopes and dreams came into view, soon to vanish with the setting of the sun only to replay a surreal fantasy the next day.

Exuberance of youth unbridled hopes and shackled dreams, desires of flesh chased each day.

Loneliness and anger were my companions on a journey that led to nowhere, no reward for
persistence just a barren desert to abide.

A lost rock in a mountain of stone left alone never to be found by the Son that covers the soul.

Forbidden fruits transitory for a season endows a lost soul with an insatiable hunger to be repeated every day with rich promises placed on an altar, though the confines of mind the altar's tomb, whispered in our ear by the watchers of power of darkness as we traverse the dark journey oblivious to the loss of innocence to remain unrepentant.

Drunken by the wine we find a mine of dark tunnels to seek more to life than the void of darkness the alters of false promise provide; O is there a light in this endless maze for fertile valleys in which to graze.

Stumbling and crawling in the abode of despair, from out of the gloom a glimpse of a light the darkness could not comprehend, bequeathed an egress, only to find the one who appears as an angel of light.

Invitations of forgiveness awaits if one dares to journey across the lake of fire, the angel of light gloats his refrain, try as you might you are doomed to the night for you will never see the greater light, the Ancient of Days beckoning the lost soul to accept the true light.

Terrance Tracy

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Inspired by Luke 16 vs 19-31
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Colleen Courtney 08 June 2014

I like this deeply thought out write. It brings to mind how not so very long ago I used to ponder over why all my childhood dreams and expectations never materialized or even came close to materializing into my adulthood. But as we age, wisdom comes and we learn to accept that our lives are just how they are meant to be for reasons we know not why yet. Love this poem for it's sheer value of causing the reader to stop and think.

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Leah Ayliffe 06 June 2014

This is beautiful. What a wonderful piece of writing. Lovely.

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Terrance Tracy

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Port Arthur Texas USA
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