Though numb,
They stood.
 
They were silent in infliction.
 
Knowing how life has a way of ending...
to begin.
 
Here,
Where I was raped of heart
and left with pride.
 
They stood.
 
And
 when the fear of life
colored my faith invisible
they persisted:
 
“There is treasure in darkness”
 
Selah.
 
For prayers
and women,
That believe.