Only the Temporal Betrays...

Poetic Bloomings  Prompt; betrayal

We may be betrayed by our strongest desires

Our wants may lure us to hellish heartaches

So-called friends may gather like vultures

To feast on the carcass of our mistakes

Oh, tis a wretched and raw, ruthless scalpel

As we moan ‘neath the knife of bitter betrayal

We may be betrayed by the words we have spoken

Or by the vows of a trusted friend

I’ve stood at both points of a promise broken

There is no honor at either end

Betrayal is galling spittle in our face

But oh, we are never betrayed by grace

We are not creatures of casual coincidence

Though faith-leaps may mock us from ash-heaps of trust

We are not bound by cold, calloused consequence

Pain, horror, grief are the torments of dust

Oh, blessed truth we reach to embrace

For we will never be betrayed by grace

By grace we are saved; betrayal’s damnation

Can never reach into the arms of the One

Who gave His Only for our salvation

His One and Only belov-ed Son

Betrayal tests faith as it points to a place

Where we grasp the assurance of His steadfast grace

© Janet Martin

My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the Colorado shootings (which hopefully is all of us on some level)…as they struggle to cope with the shock of massive betrayal.