TRuth

By I.M. Ulysses

Who are you
And why are you here
Have you been sent
To dry these old tears

A sweet gentle voice
That calls far away
Awaking the heart
Like the sun's gentle rays

A few little words
That brings back to mind
A measure of worth
That has been denied

Can you restore
What has since fled
And bring back to life
A spirit half dead

This I don't know
As I sit here thinking
Of what may happen
When my eyes stop blinking

Maybe you're just
A lost little angel
Looking for love
In a man still a stranger

Whatever you are
And however you came
You have to accept
That not much remains

For once I was larger
In her eyes than life
Before she got scared
And brought out the knife

She cut me to pieces
Then ripped out my heart
And from that day to this
I've been torn apart

Are you the one
To brave all the storms
From the tempest unleashed
In a heart still forlorn

Or will you flounder
As others have since
Drowned by the agony
Of the hell I've been in

It won't be easy
For this heart to save
But I admire the courage
Of the strong and the brave

Thank you, dear sweet
For bringing me hope
Lost as I've been
At the end of my rope

I never expected
That someone would care
And show me a path
Out of all this despair

Fear not tomorrow
Cast down your sad thoughts
And believe in the Power
That Heaven has wrought

The place where I am
Is where I've remained
Praying that God
Would remove all my pain

Seek me and find me
The Lord did to me say
And I'll give you comfort
And show you The Way

But my ways were dark
And the path seemed so dim
No hope and no reason
To struggle there-in

That's where you found me
On the road to perdition
Heading to Sheol
For my bad decisions

Deserved was my fate
Till you turned me around
And showed me the face
Of a mercy unbound

Now I'm at peace
Awaiting the moment
When I can show you
That I'm bowed but not broken

Bent at the knee
I slowly arise
Too look at the face
Of a lady so wise

My armour is rusty
And my blade is quite dull
The chainmail is broken
Yet the heart remains full

As I look on your face
The truth comes at last
I've been living a dream
These many years past

Awake now I see
The fool I've become
Longing for death
Instead of freedom

This you must know
Before it is time

When God reveals what

Is His will divine

Be brave my sweet angel
Fear not I'll retreat
No phantom will haunt

This heart when we meet

The Crowned One I am
And for this I was made
To stand at the altar
In God's power arrayed

Like Boaz of old
I'm here to redeem
The promises made
To Naomi's blood stream

Like knights of the past
My word is the Truth
You restored my hope
Now believe in me, Ruth

For Ruth P.
Remember, the pizza's on me! (;->)
Hugs!
Ulysses.

At War...With Me

By I.M. Ulysses

Time goes by slowly
And yesterday's lost
Yet I remained haunted
By this demon host

Upon me they come
These souls now forsaken
From the ashes of death
The lives I have taken

I thought they were dead
Long lost in the past
But they are still here
And my spirit's downcast

They strike in the night
In depths of the eve
As I dream of those days
That I long to see

It is two and seven
A decade and more
Since the battle commenced
That started the war

But how can I fight
What cannot be reached
Nor win against that
Which cannot be breached

My heart thus turns
To that holy ground
Where once I believed
My God could be found

Father I cry
Forget me not this day
That I came unto you
And begged for a way

From a whisper of wind
And a gentle snow fall
I look up to Heaven
And hear God's angel call

I spoke to the Lord
She says unto me
Your destiny's safe
And you shall be free

Safe in His arms
He'll dry all your tears
In the land of your birth
And restore the lost years

Armed with His word
I return to the fight
Only to find
No demon in sight

I gasp in my wonder
At the foe I can't find
When I realize then
That those demons were mine

They fall upon me
In moments unseen
When I think of the lives
I could not redeem

If only I'd been
A far greater man
I might have saved some
From satan's vile hand

This is the battle
That has vexed my soul
And will till the day
That God sends me home

For now though I pray
And seek His release
Knowing that I'm
Still at war....with me