Awakening

Winter has overtaken my soul. My heart burns from the bitter cold chill. Whiteness covers the barrenness I used to call my imagination. I long to look up into the stars of the night, looking for inspiration. But my eyes freeze shut. I hear voices from my past as I blindly stumble toward them. I trip and when I pick myself up, I can see.

I can see, and I notice that I am no longer in a winter wonderland. No, now I am wondering aimlessly through the desert. I can no longer hear the voices of those I once loved, for they are too far away. I point my face toward them and place one foot in front of the other, but I soon realize that they aren't getting any closer. For they can't. They are only a mirage.

I stop and take a deep breath as the painful reality overtakes me. I am alone. One small tear drops from my eye and falls to the dust at my feet. Thunder crashes as it hits the hard ground that is my heart and awakens me to my plight. I raise myself from my dream to stair into the face of the one I can never be free from.

"Hello again"

The sound of my own voice causes my reflection to jump back in anguish like nails across a chalk board. Fearful, I slowly turn back for I am compelled by something almost outside myself. I turn and see another face smiling back into my soul. I quickly turn away for my eyes hurt. I have never seen before.
"It's ok. Take your time."

Soft, warm, sweet. Like nothing I have heard before, a voice speaks to my soul. How? I don't give my though as I let the warmth voice melt my soul. I can't help it and turn back bearing the pain my eyes for the sight is well worth the pain. Slowly the fog around my soul lifts to the breaking day.

I have seen the gory of the Lord! Oh my soul rejoice!