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Mercy's Shade
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- Mercy’s Shade – John Herlihy The blessing of mercy comes to us in many a form, Of rich folds from the curtain of benevolence torn. In tortuous heat of the desert, the mercy of shade, After trudging weary miles, in spring waters wade. Suffering bouts of despair lead to feeling forsaken, We make choices, at times the wrong road taken. Life’s mystery can lead to areas beyond our reach, The only recourse left a merciful God to beseech. There at the end of a rope, piteous cries of mercy, Uttered by the abandoned and lost, the unworthy. Mercy found in the cavern, the abyss, a deep well, To touch the mind and heart with its mystical spell. To those on the brink, no hope of disaster to evade, Enter the hallowed grounds of God’s eternal shade. - - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Saturday 26 February 2022

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on May 12, 2022

AMEN! '...GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS, MORNING BY MORNING, NEW MERCIES WE SEE...'. FINE WORK, THANK YOU, JOHN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan

Reviewed on April 13, 2022

So many times have I followed the paths spoken of here; and how well you spoke their truth!

Rebecca

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Your poem is basically an allegory for life. When we get in the heat of our transgressions, bearing mercilessly down on us, you are saying that we can find relief from thinking of a mercy given to us by God.

I agree that formula works for believers who suffer from mental fears, but it is very rare for anyone to be able to walk for 40 days and 40 nights in the desert without dying of thirst after four days or earlier from heat exhaustion, and if there is water and shade, dying of starvation after 21 days without food.

Ron