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The Baptism of the Soul

I’ve let my hurt 
Hide my scarred heart
Beyond Love’s touch.
I've feared too much.


When will inward darkness die?
How much longer will I wait
For anger to go away?
Will I be freed from my shame?

O Love Divine,
Wash away death
And leave true life
As aftermath!

Rising waters uplift 
All I'm afraid to lose.
My white-knuckled death grip  
Is so strong that it hurts.

I can't keep my head 
Above the dark waves 
By holding dead weights
For dear life instead
Of releasing them 
Into unseen light.

Watching dead truths turn 
Into lies before
My widening eyes hurts.
They weren't what I'd hoped.

As I let go I know
That false fears and hopes
Were not really mine. 
The need to be right

In my little mind
Is a cost too high.

Dark'ning my soul's light
For empty vict'ries.

Love's flood grows inside.

So many tears cried
While my mind’s lies die. 
My soul's made alive

In Love's liquid light.

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. Susan

    Awesome!

  2. Penny

    Beautiful words to describe the process of cleansing!

  3. Jesse

    Beautiful my friend!

    1. Yvonne

      This is so beautiful. I could feel the release and inflow of love. 💕

      1. Bill Frase

        Thank you, Yvonne! I want to write, say, and, do things that either help people to open their minds to the possibility that God’s Love is available and ready for the asking or ideally to help them open their souls to it by stirring the deep longings for God’s Love that are within each and every soul.

  4. Terry

    A stirring, heartfelt expression of the cleansing we all go through as the Love transforms us! Thank you dear Bill! Lots of love to you!

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