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This is a poem of Testimony written very recently. This deals with my being saved in the Civic Arena during a Carmen concert on April 22, 1994.
Did You see me, prancing, laughing, in black attire, the death-darer? I once acknowledged You, barely, only words to hold on unconsciously. At the moment when black holes of serrated depression tore me, I walked away from gates of fired delusion, into a small-town church. Only You could have known I'd be saved by a musical sermon sung inside an arena where the balconies rocked and Jesus swarmed. I followed down steps and corridors hundreds like me, a lost gnat. I accepted the sacrifice bought by one man, one cross, and three nails. Electric-shock-spirit therapy unraveled a past of pentagrams and rituals. The Unknown God invaded dark horizons desolate of love or mercy. The salute to the darkness now has open arms, an embrace to share. My slow dance is with the One who ate fire for my slackened soul. Paul J. Lavins originally written 1-22-99. revised slightly 1-25-99.
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