words seem too severe too full of resignation
fearful that my stuttering page
will give truth agonising acceptance
day bears the suffocating shadow of night
the dawn will not come
my ammunition thoughts fired wildly
ricochet to pierce through me
courage escapes this battlefield
no victory no prisoners this side of heaven
the dawn will not come
transplant my heart to another place
or it will burst through this fragile frame
hell is a place felt not seen
when all that is loved cannot be found
and still the dawn will not come
the temple of God cannot stay in darkness
his spirit will rise in us like the sun
in perpetual night we grasp for his footsteps
following rescued from our despair
yes …………….. the dawn will come
© 2012 jennifer campbell