I Remember...


from the ABC set THE EMMANUEL SET

I remember.
I was walking along a usual street,
buzzing on things I normally think.
Buoyed afloat on years of conditioning, trauma of existence, rejection,
life bruising, and the distractions that keep hell submerged,
when I turned a corner,
and He was standing there as large as life.

Don't get me wrong,
I'm not trying to use cliches,
but I knew it was Him.

Everything stopped and...
"Oh, then You're real..."
(Not an auspicious start.)

He smiled.

He smiled and I laughed,
what a gorgeous smile,
" Oh God Your real..."
(Could He stand much more of this?)

I remember,
I knew that everything would be different,
and I had a clarity mind-vision of the world falling a part, in bits,
my world.
I remember thinking,
"do I want this?"

Everyone else had just vanished,
well they do at times like this.

He was wearing a white robe which was comforting,
a suit would have just finished me.

"I think it's time don't You?"
What a gorgeous voice,
and I knew what He meant.

"Yes please, I mean yes, sorry."

Then He disappeared and I was back, on the usual street,
until I turned the corner.

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Comments

jennifer | June 17, 2008 - 10:29

Close encounters!

I loved this line

'He was wearing a white robe which was comforting,
a suit would have just finished me.'

Hilarious!

But I think you mean 'You're real', not 'Your real'

mark_yelland-brown | August 12, 2011 - 11:08

Yep!! And I'm an English teacher originally!