Sounds in the well

After Romans 8:26-28

A well of darkness,

cold, the only company

a shaking, shivering.

The voice rises through

the stones, winds echoing

off each other before

vanishing in the darkness

above.

The walls tremble, not

in anticipation but 

in the sounds reverberating,

an intercession unexpected

and undeserved, a groaning

so deep that it pounds

the ears, the hearing

realizing the meaning,

realizing that the intercession

is a gift, a provision of grace,

a provision planned and saved.

Photograph by Maria Krasnova via Unsplash. Used with permission.