But for the grace of you...go I
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You Believed In Me
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Breath of honesty
Brushed the side of
My neck…first time
I held your hungry body…
Tight against mine.

Such a contradiction
Stood before me…
Between what I felt
And thought…with
Mind clashing against
Heart.

I wanted to believe
What I heard my heart
Speaking…but feared
To trust with abandonment…
One more time,
Those before you
Had cost me dearly.

With a grain of salt…
I proceeded cautiously,
The consistent proof…
Of your word of truth,
Laid a foundation of
Trust…where I began
To build again.

There were times,
While watching your
Every move…I found myself
Waiting for you to stumble…
As if to put your love,
To the test.

From the outside…those
Observing and trusting,
Encouraged me to drop
Hardened guard to the
Ground…leaving it behind…
To rust in the past.

Fear held a chokehold
On my heart,
Restricting it from filling
With the joy of your love…

When life hit hard…
When I stumbled and fell,
And opportunists beat
Me with sticks pulled
From the timber of greed…

You rushed to my side…
Defending me…wiped the
Blood from my eyes…
And the tears from my heart.
Slowly you nurtured me
Back to health.

When cold of failure,
Found me in the darkness
Of night…
Robbing sleep and confidence…
You shined your light,
Showing truth of my worth.

You dusted me off…
And polished me clean,
Then held a mirror before
Me…enabling me to see,
That which had never
Left me.

It would have been so
Easy…to allow the pull
Of gravity,
To continue to draw me,
Into the tailspin of death…
Waiting to devour me.
You refused to let me fall.

Standing tall and right
Sized…but humble…
With snap of confidence
Returned to my stride…
I take each step
In the light of your love…
Stronger now than ever…

Because you believed in me.







Erin Woods