Darkened Day – January 7, 2021
By Susan Vaughan Shumake
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Darkened Day the clouds they be
Hovering ore the frozen hill
Death and dying surrounding me
Closing in the winter’s chill
Pestilence has brought its’ plague
Pandemic shutting down our doors
Stopping life to save the grave
Killing lives on every course
Breath of Life, Breathe on this Day
Soothe our tempered hearts that beat
Cause the turmoil go away
Lift the violence from the street
Threatened by the coming path
Darkness storms its’ way inside
The Reckless bearing its’ own Wrath
Nowhere else a place to hide
Tethered patience at its’ end
Giving way to endless plight
Nowhere else to turn my friend
Looking UP, not Left or Right
Weary Warriors leave the Stand
Waiting for the King to rise
Watching Hell become our land
Making secure our own demise
Believing Lies beckon the way
To force the hand of endless power
Shamed to stop and end the play
This is Satan’s finest hour!
