Love's Redemption

A hellion meets a woman who changes his life

LOVE'S REDEMPTION

My life was nothing to me, once.
Drugs and booze and stupid stunts
That staked my life and risked my hide--
So many times I almost died.

Life’s joy was nothing I could see;
Uncaring dark surrounded me.
No hope, no love, no absolution.
All I saw was eye pollution.

Into my life came Adrienne
My eyes were somehow opened then
To see her glowing like a flame.
Amazing! Heaven had a name.

I tell you, she was Heaven sent
To save me from my Hell-descent
For I was doomed to crash and burn
Until she helped my light return.

My stars are shining brightly now
And I have made a solemn vow
To walk in light, and through God’s grace
To stay within her warm embrace.

To be the one she's thinking of,
To be a man she wants to love.

Disclaimer ▶︎

This is in no way autobiographical. However, the lady in my life read this and said, "That's beautiful!"
Thanks, Sweetie.

Update ▶︎

This poem was published, unpaid, in Flicker, A Collection of Canadian Poems, 2023. Rachelle McCallum, ed. Maple Ridge, BC: Polar Expressions Publishing, p. 70
This item won a silver medal in the Creative Writing Event of the Alberta 55+ Games, August 22, 2025.