Sin

The stench is horrible

Mud oozing between toes

Hair crusted to my forehead.

I try to climb out

To reach the distant light

But to no avail!

The dirt wall crumbles beneath my fingers

And I once again am covered with the mire.

I look around and see a stranger

He is among the dirt as well but

The mud does not stain his robe

Nor cling to his hair.

As he comes near me I am ashamed

I try to wipe the grime off

Of my skin

But it just gets pushed further into my pores.

I sink to my knees,

“Unclean! Unclean!” I hear my voice cry out.

But he does not heed my warning,

Instead he wraps his arms around me and hugs me close

He wipes the tears from my cheeks and gathers me in his arms.

He stands up and carries me toward the dirt wall.

What are you doing?! Don’t crush me in the wall!

But at the last minute

 the wall trembles and  yields to him

And the barrier becomes a staircase.

We ascend into the brilliant light.

The man puts me down

Brown gold-flecked eyes look into mine

If you want to stay with me I need to cleanse you.

It will hurt but will you trust me?

Hesitation fills my heart

Who is he? Just a stranger!

Then my soul cries out

He saved you from that pit! How can he be anything but good?

Yes

He gently begins to scrub away the dirt from my body

At first the pain is too much to bear

I look into my savior’s face

Wonder of Wonders!

There are tears in his eyes, he feels my pain

And as I look into his face I find I can bear the pain better.

Then he dresses me in the finest garments and brushes out the

knots and dirt in my hair.

He takes my hand

Come daughter I have much to show you.

And hand in hand we set off on an

Adventure.