Five Feet

By I.M. Ulysses

Five feet
Is all that was needed
And this life of mine
Would now have been ended

Five feet
Was the distance between
My car and his
In that moment unseen

Five feet
And we would have hit
Had I been slower
And he a bit quick

Five feet
But it was enough
For me to veer right
Before his car struck

Five feet
And the headline would read
A tragic accident
On the road unredeemed

Five feet
One less a grave
That would have been dug
For this life unsaved

Five feet
And it would've been over
And instead life
The ground would now cover

Five feet
But God stood in the way
Blocking the path
That allowed me to stay

Five feet
I have been reborn
Passing through death
To a new life untorn

Five feet
My work is not done
So give God the Glory
And Jesus, His Son

Five feet
My life's not my own
It's hidden in God
Who light has now shone

Five feet
Remember it well
For it was the day
When I nearly fell

Five feet
I am still here
Because God halted death
When it was so near

The Mountain Remembers

By I.M. Ulysses

I stood there in silence
A heart frozen in time
Remembering when
You were still mine

I felt all alone
In the spot where we kissed
Holding each other
In the gathering mist

The river was frozen
And more snow had fallen
In the year since you left
In the time not forgotten

I looked to the sky
And felt my heart tremble
For though you are gone
The mountain remembers

It remembers the day
When two long lost hearts
Walked by the river
And saw waters part

It remembers as well
The words that were shared
Between would-be lovers
With a bond that was rare

It remembers too
The greatest of women
When I brought my late grandma
During some free time together

It remembers also
The times that I prayed
For one special lady
Who'd choose to remain

Those thoughts I recalled
As I traversed that place
Silently mourning
What time can't erase

My heart was heavy
As I thought of you then
Cherishing a memory
Once and again

I thought I'd moved on
And put you to rest
But I can't deny
I just failed that test

Alone in my thoughts
I kicked at the pebbles
That gathered upon
The stone covered bevels

You left me I thought
Though I did what I could
To make you happy
As we walked down that road

But it wasn't enough
And I knew I had failed you
As you left on that plane
That took part of me too

As I walked to my car
And got on my way
I tried to forget
How I let myself stray

But it is no use
For my heart's still tender
And though I'd forget
The mountain remembers

Betrayal

By I.M. Ulysses

You failed me too quick
I screamed at her shroud
By turning your back
And being too proud

I fought so you'd live
But you then gave up
Trading my hopes
For this bitter cup

Why did you die
What caused this great ill
That made you surrender
And give up your will

I hate you, I love you
You degenerate creep
For turning my hopes
Into a dead heap

Rise up and stand
The die is not cast
For only a coward
Would give up so fast

I didn't do battle
For you to let go
I did it because
It's what I had too

Return to me now
Rise up from your bed
You're too important
To give up for dead

Find you a cause
Seek out a good reason
And join me in life
In this new spring season

I stand at your door
I knock at your grave
Believing in Christ
That He can still save

Arise now my love
Awake from this dream
Don't let this parting
Be all that it seems

For though you now dwell
In death's dark abode
I know that in life
I will you behold

For you were not born
To die in your sin
You're way too good
To let evil win

You think it's over
But it hasn't begun
The battle's just starting
Which will soon be won

I'm not afraid
Of what lies in store
For once I was like you
Dead and unsure

But the Father above
Has given me life
That will not surrender
To man's evil strife

His spirit now dwells
Within my own soul
Which gives me a power
That can conquer all

That power is yours
If you'd only try
So abandon your grave
In which you now lie

But you are too stubborn
To proud to let go
Of the death you desired
So to you I will come

Downward I'll march
Into the abyss
To take from the devil
The person I miss

There I will make
God's presence known
And snatch you away
From satan's kingdom

I'll wisk you upon
His firey horses
Through valleys of darkness
To the Kingdom of Roses

There He'll restore
What you once thought lost
And bring into memory
The price that it cost

Until then I'll stand
And at your grave rail
Awash in emotion
At this act of betrayal

If, Only

By I.M. Ulysses

If, only
I could change time
To a period when
The world was still fine

If, only
I could make right
What turned out so wrong
Through your long night

If, only
I had known then
How life would turn out
When we had first met

If, only,
I had the power
To chase away demons
And those that devour

If, only
We'd had more laughter
And friendship that bloomed
To happily ever-after

If, only
We could still travel
Back to that schoolyard
To play in the gravel

If, only
I hadn't moved out
We might have stayed close
And not had a doubt

If, only
God was disposed
To grant you a life
In quiet repose

If, only
We could retrace
The path of innocense
Your pain we'd erase

If, only
I could undo
The damage he caused
That bothers me so

If, only
Old photos could talk
I'd warn you then
About the road you would walk

If, only
I had been there
I might have stopped him
From making you fear

If, only
These words I despise
For they can't do justice
To the pain in your eyes

If, only
You were just stronger
I know you could banish
All of your monsters

If, only
You could just feel
The presence of Christ
And His power to heal

If, only
There were no regrets
In your life, or mine
In the years since we'd met

If, only
We had more years
I'd undo the damage
And dry all of your tears

If, only
But that's in the past
I'm here, right now
A friend to the last