KR PENDERGRASS - WHISPERS TO ST. MICHAEL

KR Pendergrass is a career paramedic, devoted wife, homeschool mom, and part-time member of the justice league. Also the author of the short novel Incompatible With Life, and multiple short stories. Trying to establish a freelance writing career in addition to all that is tough, but if it's easy, it's not worth doing!

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​Whispers to St. Michael

​Scars and miles and years and ghosts have made me who I am
 
Fierce as an alpha wolf when called, still gentle as a lamb
 
I've washed too much blood away to be innocent again
 
But it still tears me up inside to see another's pain
 
Fear and tears have left their mark on who I have become
 
I can no longer see the way back where I came from
 
It's a calling and a love and a burden and a load
 
To have a name for the crosses on the side of the road
 
All the time and sleepless nights spent out in the field
 
Sometimes I have to be a sword when I long to be a shield
 
Still I will stand true to the battle I've been called
 
And I'll hold my ground til in the battle I will fall