Renegade by Mark Spencer

Divided is the renegade,
As the shroud of twilight descends.
Despair has breeched his barricade,
For this is where his journey ends.

There is no God to call him home,
And no Savior to defend him.
Far from grace did this rebel roam,
For such foolishness offends him.

He never prayed the Lord to keep,
The product of man’s delusion.
A soul that lived beyond the sleep,
Was a fanciful illusion.

Yet here he stood beside the bed,
Where his body lay defeated.
He hears a voice pronounce him dead,
His odyssey is completed.

But slumber did not close his eyes,
He’s overcome with confusion.
Beyond the veil of his demise,
He sees more than an illusion.

He, fearfully, attempts to flee,
From the punishment that awaits.
Like those who thought they’d cease to be,
He rushes on to meet his fate.

To a place where God is absent,
Somewhere far beyond creation.
Where he wrestles with the torment,
Of his personal damnation.

Alone he greets eternity,
Into the emptiness he fades,
Where he will share the destiny
Of all his fellow renegades.

Megan (24.144.58.124) -- Friday, May 12 2006, 07:24 pm

Eerie!
This is so eerie. What a horrible revelation, if you expected to go to sleep when you died, and then didn’t. What an oops moment that would be! This poem brought out so much emotion in me. That’s mainly because most of my family feels the same way about religion and God as the person in your poem. I’m religious, and that makes me the black sheep of the family. They love me, they just don’t like to talk with me. Everything I say offends them. Can you imagine? What I believe is the wedge that separates me from the rest of my family! I’m supposed to just accept their beliefs, but they have no tolerance for mine! Is that a double standard, or what?? People like that are just whacked!! Sorry about the rant. I really loved this poem.

Megan

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