True Freedom

Mark 5:40-42
And they laughed at him. But He put them all outside and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with Him and went in where the child was. Taking her by the hand He said to her, "Talitha cumi," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise." And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.

arise
©1/08 hannah muonio

dead in my sins, i lay
held down by chain and lock
the key to which
i’d thrown away--
bartered for a pleasure
long since faded

dead--but not numb
to pain and empty heart and flesh
i lifeless lay upon my
hardened prison floor

'til through the darkness
Your gentle voice like
healing balm on battered being flowed
“little girl, I say to you
arise”