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I Am The Sound
[An "Amazing Grace" poem poetic adaptation]
Amazing Grace, I am the sound
which saved a soul like me. I once
cried "lost," but now I cry "found."
I was in a "bind," but now "I'm free!"
'Twas myself who taught my heart to
fear—and myself my fears relieved.
How precious did I finally appear
the minute I first believed!
Through many pleasures, joys
and scares, I have already come.
'Tis myself who took me out this far
and I will bring me home!
When I have been there a zillion
years, bright shining as The Son,
I have no less days to be God's Praise
than when I had first begun!
Amazing Grace, I am the sound
which saves a soul like me. I once
cried "lost," but now I cry "found."
I was in a "bind," but now "I'm free!"
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Three Dark Horses)
"I am the darkness which brings the light!"
My Spiritual Notes:
The reason that I wrote this poem can be summed up with the following statement: To be perfectly honest, I do not remember exactly how I was inspired—after chatting online with someone called "zendawg23" (on the now defunct gay.com chat site)—to do a poetic adaptation of John Newton's famous poem "Amazing Grace." I do know that I was trying to convey the idea that we all have the power to 'make ill,' or to 'make well,' our own souls, because I truly do believe that "We Are All A Part Of God!"
Thus, this poem is a poetic adaptation of the hymn "Amazing Grace," which was originally written as a poem by John Newton and joined with the hymn "New Britain," as the melody most currently associated with the hymn.
Just so you know, I revised this poem, as I often do with my writing! And I changed how one line of this poem was written when I realized that I should remove the metaphorical comparison to "blindness," since it is disrespectful toward those who are blind. So, I wanted to show you how this particular line used to be written, before I revised it as above.
And it used to be written like this:
...claimed I was "blind," but now "I see!"
Thus, I revised this poem to be written as it is above.
And this poem was also published on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs (please see the hyperlinks below for the blogs), since I feel that the message in this poem applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This poem was poetically adapted in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "I Am The Sound" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post label, "Amazing Grace-Style Poem" on both of my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/Amazing%20Grace-Style%20Poem
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/Amazing%20Grace-Style%20Poem
P.P.S.: If you are interested in reading all of the posts in the series I wrote that include the poem "I Am The Sound" from the above-mentioned blogs, which are listed under the post label, "I Am..." on my "Small All White in the Forest" and "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blogs, please see the hyperlinks below:
https://smallallwhiteintheforest.blogspot.com/search/label/I%20Am...
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com/search/label/I%20Am...
This "Three Dark Horses" Post No. 006 was edited on May 5th, 2024.
"Poetry is using the fewest words possible in order to describe all that is possible to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
