Tag: spirituality

My Autumn

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My desires tell me to stay evergreen

But Your desires tell me otherwise

You force a new color to bleed over

Then You peel me of my driest skin

 

I begrudgingly allow the metamorphosis

As the yellows and oranges become more comfortable

And I begin to shake loose the sunburns

As Your shortened daylight serves as holy moisturizer

 

For autumn is not about new growth

It’s not about the sprouting of first beautiful blooms

But instead the slow disintegration of past comforts

And a dissolve of unrighteous content

 

You will use this time to gather up loose ends

But also to break off brittle, unfruitful branches

For the harvest has been reaped of passionless crops

And future frosty blues and snowy whites will kill off anything left

 

This season tends to cause weariness

But I trust in Your promises of spring

For autumn clears way for a maturation of oneself

And brings about hope through cooler but intentional winds of change

A Bird’s Song

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As a bird sings even before the rising of the sun

I will give praise even if my burden is too strong

With melodies of hope from rhythms so instrumental

I shall match their pitch disregarding my inevitable failure

And as each verse resounds in heavenly tones

Echoing abilities untouchable to my very own

I will continually sing over and over, note after note

Attempting to match a pitch so eloquently prosed

Because this is the way I want to speak to my Savior

To give Him the glory and to be deserving of His favor

Nearer to You

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I draw myself nearer to You
Seeking refuge from my wandering
Forsaking binds that once were a comfort
Crumbling walls I’ve only peaked through

Drawing nearer to you
Finding courage in Your promises
Yet lacking bravery to fully commit
But I press in trusting Your path

Nearer to You
I am reminded that I am mighty
I am complete
I am Yours

Unyielding Heart

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My love is not the overwhelming kind

Yet my heart is not any less fragile

I may not speak in romantic prose, my tongue may bite

But I will drown myself in suffocating doubt

As my lungs fill with desire

 

I will breathe in even your weightless words

And the fear of breath loss will coincidentally cause a collapse

For the depths of my emotions are a challenge for even experienced divers

Including obstacles to ware off any hungry sharks

Because settling is not a viable option when your hopes are your only life support

 

Then a stillness will come in the free-fall

As my unyielding heart bears the burden of the journey

And the scars of past mistakes provide reassurance to a promising future

Because although my love is not the overwhelming kind

My heart is not any less fragile to cracks of unexpected chances to be taken

An Endless Second

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I sometimes find myself fighting for you to surface

And because I lack in force, I grow weary in spirit

Then our antagonist pushes to sink you deeper and deeper

 

My breath shortens and my heart’s staccato pounding accelerates

Just enough to lose visions of what truly holds weight

I stand puzzled as to where we left off and unsure as to which direction leads closer to you

 

But hope taps on my shoulder as a conductor taps his baton on his music stand

To signify the ready and the set but it’s up to me for the go

And that last second will feel endless as I long for understanding of a future you already know