When Darkness Comes

Heavy on my shoulders, hungry

darkness wraps serpentine coils

around my frame.  Its constrictor

hold tightens to crush my ribs,

to wring out my light,

like water.



Lord Yeshua, my Defender, You

are stronger than this evil. 

Let me hide in your arms until

the darkness dissolves, and all

is light again.



--Marilyn Black Phemister



Copyright 1997 by Marilyn Black Phemister



Note: "Yeshua" is the Hebrew form for the name "Jesus."