THOU SHALL NOT FALL

Thou Shall Not Fall

Thou shall not fall.  

Though the chains drag heavy at your feet,  

Though the night has swallowed your voice—  

Cry, little sister.  

Let your tears say the words your mouth cannot.  

Let them flow like rivers  

through the wilderness of your silence.  

Thou shall not fall.  

Come to me.  

My arms are the last fortress  

Between you and the abyss.  

I have tasted your grief,  

Felt the whip of your pain  

Lash across my own soul.  

Thou shall not die.  

Not here.  

Not like this.  

Let me stand unchained beside you—

Let me bleed with you.  

Let my scars speak louder than despair,

Proof that pain is not the end.  

Thou shall not fear.  

Though your past clings like smoke,  

though shame screams louder than truth—  

Love is here,  

And I am not leaving.  

I will walk through your fire  

And carry you through the smoke.  

Thou shall not fall.  

Even when the world forgets your name,  

Even when your strength fades  

And you can no longer hold yourself up—  

I will hold you.  

Bone to bone.  

Soul to soul.  

You will not break alone.  

Thou shall not fall.

©Gloria