LOST IN SPACE

By the light of the moon
my body convulses
from being electrocuted with terror.

For one more merciless and torturous eve
the demons of my failings
feast upon my crippling ache in despair.

They stir their vile cauldron
polluted with guilt’s putrid scent
that so utterly suffocates my bedroom’s lair.

Hellish agony from their torment
causes my gut to boil with shame,
infecting my soul
till it groans in a silent, plaintive prayer
and frantically calls upon my savior’s precious name.

Like a feather
being gently lifted by a breeze
each word floats upwards
unto the immense darkness of cosmic air.

Revealing a narrow path
between the clouds of thought and fear
which points the way to a piercing starry sight
shining with my Lord’s precious saving light.

It beams back at me from his unseen, loving face
bursting forth as a redemptive silvery aura
allowing me to truly inhale
his compassionate balm of grace.

Ever blissfully rejoicing in my forgiveness,
having at last discovered a sleep without screams,
I sail through a vibrant universe of spiritual dreams
so replete with the splendor of God’s creative lace.

Henceforth, I serenely caress images
beyond this world of woes,
enraptured and enthralled,
totally surrendered to my faith's journey -
lost in space.