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By the Grace of God

My heartโ€™s been shattered. Iโ€™ve been beaten and tossed.

Like a tiny pebble drifting to the bottom of a pond.

Iโ€™ve fallen from Heaven

and Iโ€™ve walked through Hell.

But yet Iโ€™m pressing on!

You know how metaphysically

they say oneโ€™s on the edge?

Well thatโ€™s where I ended up

Iโ€™d walked that bridge

instead of jumping to my death

itโ€™s as if I had grown wings

And I flew

I did not wish to die

nor did I yearn to kill!

I simply couldnโ€™t take no more

and surely couldnโ€™t feel

Somewhere in that transformation

Iโ€™d realize what was real

false pride layered on my mind

would start to peel

It layeth at my feet

and without it

I would heal

My smile became genuine

My laughter was a thrill

My spirit felt like ice on fire

burning with a chill!

My cup was overfloweth

though Iโ€™d yet to have my fill

Iโ€™m looking to the future

with these hands

what will I build?

and moving with a love

by the grace of God I wield.

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