The Holston Courtney T. Amakonze is a student at King majoring in Social Work. She also works as a preschool teacher in Lincolnton, NC. What inspired Courtney most in writing this piece of poetry was a recipe for healing from an experience of domestic violence that she endured for over 15 years of her life. COURTNEY’S RAIN SHOWER A rain shower displays the reality of things Life can be good or bad by all means Shackles that have been established and broken off my hands and feet Pour as a great disaster down to a drizzling type beat Trauma of physical and emotional abuse, dealing with so much pain Setbacks, divorce, a feeling of nothing to gain But when I fell to my face, and called on God’s holy name A change surely had to come to wash away such pain Fifteen years of torment, hurt, and shame Only one to support me, and that is God’s holy and divine name Praying, fasting, writing, crying, secret place to meditate Strength begins to take hold, Oh! God is never late Being in a place of perfect peace God has always been there, and never left me. Kindness with joy that is filled with love Only to be created by the heavens above. Walking by faith, and not by sight Believing in God that I will be protected and guided by his light My faith grew, the chains were lifted Because I realized that my Good Life … had never ended. God replaced my pain with love, peace, and a new beginning of joy, Gave me closure and opened a new door.
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