I met you when the summer Sun was hottest in the sky
the center of a season come, the middle of July  
I dreamt about the ocean but I found you by the sea
and that is how I know you are a salty fish like me
you swim around the people but you always make it Home
for there is nothing better than to be, and be alone
the people in the water have been drowning all their lives
but you and I are floating, we have opened up our eyes

The Sun has kept His every word He ever said to me
so here I am relearning to accept what I can’t see
my eyes have tempted every day without my own consent
but now that I have closed them all my fears have up and left
my body is no longer now the way that it once was
(a flower in a field to be picked up by anyone)
I laid myself on soil no one possibly could find
where I can be at peace in every corner of my mind

the sea is inside of my body
The Sun and The Moon are my eyes
I’m salt and I’m water forever
Your Truth I could never deny
.
propensity bites at my person
intention gives strength where I lack
I mute all the voices around me
so I can hear Yours calling back
.
I know the sound of Your Story
like I know the beat of my heart
and rather than go on without You
I’ll hope You will never depart

teach me the Ways of The Father and guide me like Rays of The Sun
and give me a heart that is open - fully, completely to Love
and strike from my soul any anger, words that do not sow the Good
and keep me from being fulfilled by that which Your Heart never could
take all the burdens within me and give me Your Light in its place
show me the world through Your Senses and wipe every tear from my face

I can’t be away from Your Mind too long
I lose mine
I cannot deny where my heart went wrong
I need Light
I am still the same but my thoughts have changed
I know why
I believe You Are, it is me who’ll fade
You are Time
I do not come close to defining Grace
You are Life
I am only strong when I seek Your Face

through the fire

if I were a flower, I’d be like The Sun
I’d bloom on the days when your body goes numb
I’d give you the seeds I have grown in my heart
and hope that you use them like salve on your scars
lest you be the ***** or you be the saint
leave no room for questioning why you’re awake
I’ll pull every root I may have on this earth
exchange it for nothing, for nothing is worth
the cost of your honest and humble dismay
there’s more than you know in your every day

if I could distract you with silence
would I have more power than you?
if I could recount all your follies
would you even know what to do?
if I could become what your vice is
would you have a beat in your heart?
if I could convince you you’re living
would you even know who you are?
if I could throw stones at your language
would you even speak once again?
if I gave all that you wanted
would you dare to challenge my friends?
if I made it seem like I’m perfect
would you still go seeking The Truth?
if I gave you all of my knowledge
would you give me all of your youth?