Rephrasing grace

Rephrasing grace to conjure hope
Where none can yet be heard
Confusion and a fumbling grope
Must substitute for word.

Rephrasing grace to capture heart
Before it steals away
When blue death beckons from the start
And torture welcomes day.

Rephrasing grace to call release
And opt to let her go
Only a fool would name this 'peace'
Where blessing will be foe.

Rephrasing grace, as bitter a sound
As hallowed pulse below the ground.