From darkness

leaped at me

Demons of loneliness

Deception and a sadness profound

I then seized upon fear

using as lever

I valiantly peered

at bygone past

and found -

looking lovingly

at my soul's silent ground

You stood beyond, yet near

With light upheld

I could see God

alone His presence

unwaveringly stood

to show 

my faltering self -

the way.