Deliver me from Darkness

Walking in the shadows

I saw you crying,

hoping someone would see.

I came to you, caring,

hoping you would recognize me.

Leading you to the light

became my only goal;

Because, once reached, you would be able to see

that the darkness in which you inhabited

was bleak, full of misery.

Until that day,

you will forever remain

in the shadows.

The light I bring

sheds no rays on you,

for your face is too dark to see.

You covered yourself with too many guises

for me to remove with ease,

I am the companion you seek

to rip off those masks

expose the hidden beauty

buried so far beneath;

as the layers peel away,

the person underneath

will show her true face,

and glorious it will be.

In my acts to find myself,

I removed you from that

darkest place

within the shadows

in which you lay.

Do not return to that

wicked place,

never to be seen again.

For, in the shadows,

lies no light,

and once returned,

there are no wings

to again give you flight.

I took you from the shadows

and gave you life.

Now, I ask you to lead me from

my own shadowly plight.