A Man in Death’s Shadow


When I felt Death’s cold deep shadow,
When I felt the sickly murder of the sun, cold 
	Darkness pricking skin,
When I looked and saw this uncouth form,
	Rising black, a sickle high o’er me,
When I in this valley tread in Death’s wake,
	How quickly I forgot the sun,
	And its warmth,
But, rising over all, emblazoning the sky
	a moonlight came, vision of a sun,
Rising over all, a rod and staff overtook the sky,
	Sigils of my safety and protection,
But, rising over all, light’s impression…stabbing through the blank black sky,
	a table before me, a supper before enemies,
Rising over all, a Son, healing in his cross,
	courage in his hands,
	and light upon his brow.

Biography

Jeff Beaupre is a Christian writer and founder of Conforming to Christ, a writing ministry dedicated to magnifying the glory of Christ in people’s hearts. His work has been featured on Christoverall.org
Currently, Beaupre has two novels being evaluated by multiple publishers in the traditional space, one being an epic fantasy, the other an allegorical Christian fiction similar to The Pilgrims Progress