Poem: Dark Edges

For all who have seen
Fury, Anger's edge
None more feared
Than the assimilation of self in it

To all who have felt
The scathing of its touch
None have fled
Without the scars of its wrath

Yet all who have known
The joy of forgiveness' purity
All are at peace
With self, soul and spirit

Yet peace comes by One
To be at peace with Him
The promise of Eternity
The true source of life
Is the love of Christ within

--> Location Unknown, some time late 2001

I can't remember when I wrote this one, but it was triggered by this email from a USA based poetry-centric organisation that was soliciting free-style poems in a 4-4-4-5 structure. I decided to submit one, but didn't know what to write, so this is it: Turn from your dark edges of anger to peace with God.