Poems (Linn)/Rescued
RESCUED.
LIKE a belated traveler in the snowI wandered, jostled to and fro by windOf doubt and fear; and having half a mindTo lay me down nor farther strive to go.When suddenly our distant pathways met:You did not stop for counsel wise and vainBut took my heart half numb with cold and painInto the warmth of yours: my heart you setWithin the open doorway of your life,In the warm glow of your all-sheltering love.Since then I dwell where rush and turmoil cease:Facing the bitter weather never rove;Here shines love's radiance, and all stormy strifeSounds dim and distant; here I touch God's peace.