"Unbroken" - a poem

Here is a poem I wrote yesterday. :) Enjoy!

Unbroken

I was broken, lost, alone.

I wore scars as emblems of past mistakes.

I blocked others out, made my heart like stone.

I silenced myself, afraid to further break.

I pleaded for death to take me away

I pleaded for the Grim Reaper to steal my soul

For I had nothing further to say

I didn’t think I could be whole

But One whose mercy was everlasting

Whose love was never-failing

Saw my pain and sorrow

And kept me from the passing

His hands reached out to me

His eyes bore into me

His grace uplifted me

His mercy redeemed me

He kissed my scars and told me,

“These aren’t emblems of sorrow,

But of what I saved you from.

They’re a promise of tomorrow.”

Brian McBride 2012 ©