The Revelation
Nicolaas Smit 1979 (Johannesburg)
Fearful expression like a mirror
In the face of one you adore
Reveals a surfaced fiend
Manifested deep within
Your own misguided spirit
Where did you pick up this hitch hiker
Which forbidden road did you roam
Where troubled beings dwell
Scouting for open doorways
Unwelcome they shuffle in
If you are not like all the others
Are you still only like yourself
Or are you pretending
To be afire with much more
Than the fuel you keep allows
How sharp a sword would you acquire
To sever your core from the dark
That's blinded you for days
And hidden from you your blessings
That God has laid before you
Would it take a less tainted spirit
To intervene uninvited
And reveal to you faith
As great as a mountain
Which you have failed to notice
One you, as someone else's hero, have already conquered
About this poem
The poem is a reflection of self-discovery, when you realise that your younger self, although being imperfect and full of flaws, was merely your current self in training, and in order to embrace the stronger, wiser version of yourself, you need to set your old self free.
Written on December 12, 2014
Submitted by nickcsmit on January 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 796 |
Words | 150 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1 |
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