Escape

I wrote this a few years ago, and let it in my WIP folder. The message today is every bit as real as it was then. Nothing has changed.

Rod Kok
May 6, 2019

A battle is raging,

a war is being fought.

Two foes fight

over one weary soul.

An epic contest

between Right

and Wrong,

my head is in conflict

with my heart.

Desire wields

a sword,

honed on a whetstone

of Passion.

Wisdom parries

what surely could be

a mortal strike,

while Reason’s voice

is faintly heard.

A blow is struck,

not by arrow

or blade,

but by Words,

penetrating through

the vigilance of my Heart.

Circumspection leads

a counter-attack,

prevailing to gain an edge

for Right.

Conscience interferes,

creating diversions

wherever a foothold

can be found.

A battle is raging;

my head and my heart

each claim victory.

But Conquest has not arrived,

so this fight goes on.

Deep in my soul,

Lust is wrestling Purity.

Damnation pulls Salvation

to the precipice,

only to be denied

by Sacrifice.

I am weary;

I grow tired of

this confrontation.

I grow weary;

I pray for peace.

I pray

for escape.