Poem: The King’s Grace
The King's Grace
The King's Grace
This is my story as I stand and live
As I walked miles and stumbled steps
Only being pulled up, pushed forward
This is my life as a deceitful human
A human full of conspiracies,
A human full of hate and vengeance
A walking robot with no conscience
Known for being as the villain,
But that life came to change,
That villain heart, cold as ice
The one many believed was lost
Came miraculously back to life
My heart, my soul were saved
Non-tamable heart was tamed
The lost soul was retrieved
My whole being was saved then
For I got my knight in shining armour
His shining armour brought light
It brightened my dark days
It brought a smile on my lips
That remained imprinted on
I got my prince and king I a row
I was saved by his authority
His love, devotion and mercy
For his love endures forever
And his mercy never fails.
By his mercy I was raised
Raised from my chain of sins
For I was the lost sheep
The prodigal son of the house
Housing all sins that I could
For I knew then that I was cursed
I was a permanent resident of Sodom
The city of sin, the cursed city
The city that need no mercy
For it knew no right apart from sin
And I was its citizen, unworthy of mercy
Unworthy of love and devotion
But I still was saved from drowning
In the darkest sea of sin and sorrow
But I was saved from the dark cold sea
I was saved from the prison of regrets
The prison that brought sorrows
Sorrows that drained my heart of life
The one that made me a walking dead
Merely existing but not living
I thought I was super happy
Yet every time I was regretful.
But now I know definitions
Defining undeniable happiness
The happiness full of life
The happiness without regrets
The happiness of those with a saviour
The happiness without borders
The one that springs good luck
I was saved from a dungeon
And now I know his support
His forever presence in my life
His stated claim on my life
And now I know and I can tell
From morning till evening
How I was saved from hell’s fire
I remember the flames in a distance
Waiting to catch me, burn me
But then he came and pulled
He cleansed me of all my sins
And sent me free from all my load.
The one loaded heart was free
And now I can see I live by his mercy
But also undeniably by his grace
I am now a walking testimony
A living believing preacher
For I preach what I endured
For I learnt by experience
It was a heartfelt experience
Moving me from one city to another
From Sodom to Jerusalem
From the city of death and temptations
To the city of salvation and hope
I was saved by an almighty king
My king, my saviour, my confidence
Because of him I became a human
Full of humanity and happiness
I live with graces grading my life
I live because he lives, my king.
By Dieudonne Nkundimana.
