Sweet Presence

I have talked to God, and walked in fear...
Not quite sure that he could hear.

I have been scared to near death, of what doctors would find...
the fear so overwhelming, it would take over my mind.

I have talked to strangers, to family, and close friends...
Spilling my fears and my tears, yet the apprehension would not end.

I have talked to God, and I've walked in fear...
Yet, not quite sure that he would hear.

With all the problems and the wrong doing in the world...
Why would he listen to one silly old girl.

Oh! but he listened, and sent his messenger once more...
The same soft voice as I've heard several times before.

A peace overwhelmed me, as I felt her sweet presence...
An apparition of goodness, not venom nor menace.
This protecting presence has spoken to me over the years...
Always so spiritually calming and soothing my fears.

This presence, this sweet messenger that I hear...
Always, seems to send the words from our lord, to my ear.
The soft touch and the spiritual calm that I feel, the soft voice I hear...
Is my Guardian Angel reassuring me that God is near.

My fears are abandoned and my courage once more restored...
God and my Angel have protected me as they have many times before.

---from the heart of Mary A. Kellerman