consider the tone of your story  
rescind any anger at bay
lest treason become of your anchor
to make of your message, decay
you’ll only have blacked out the Sunrise
The Forever that lived in your heart  
a death premature by your choosing
to be one who’s not who you are

consider the tone of your story
invite every kindness to stay
for reason will make you a master
of Words you are destined to say
you’ll welcome the Sunrise in Spirit  
Forever the Beat of your Heart
a life made to keep by your person
to be who are - this is it!

I slept some three hours to midnight
then one come then two come then three
but Poetry woke me to tell you
there’s Someone we all need to meet  

His Name is the reason we’re living
He gives our each day to The Son
and while I’m alive, I confirm this
there’s Nobody Else like The One

He recognized all of my sadness
and put all my pain in His Hands
He told me I’m made up of madness
this world wants to poison and plant

my loyalty lies in My Savior
my roots found A Home in His Life
and nothing and no one can render
The Way I’ll be always defined

I wish it would be easier to seek The Way, I Am
but Life has no intention of acknowledging your plan
the days you walk are numbered and the breaths you breathe are stored
in places you will never see unless you be reborn
your body’s made of ashes that will disappear in Time
your Soul is made of Fruit that hopes Forever stay Alive  
consider what you say and then consider what you do
are you the kind of human who would stand beside of you?

I watch your intention become you
and want to be perfectly clear
you’ll never be more than the people
you’ve stolen from over the years
I’ve learned to expose what you’re thinking
and it doesn’t sit well with me
so why don’t you take all your anger
and drown it out into The Sea?
Its Salt will recover your body
Its Waves will speak into your soul
lest anything you took for granted
saved face so your life could look whole

today I found a poem You had hidden from my mind
but now that I’ve drawn closer I can see it in my eyes
and every Word revealed to me is changing who I am
relentlessly pursuing every detail in Your Hands
The Light I’m letting in is singing lullabies to me
the kinds of songs my childhood has saved to memory  
they paint my mother’s heart in tones of elegance and grace
they bring me to my knees where I begin to seek Your Face
today I found a poem You had written long ago
and now that I am ready, You are here to watch me grow

I want to be stronger so I can be weak
to learn The Whole Plan that The One has for me
I want to be scattered to pieces of dust
so I can resemble The Face of Your Love
I want to be heavy so I can see Light
until all of my fears have gone out of sight
I want to know people I’ll need to forget
so I leave them the way they were when we met
I want to feel Seasons inside of my Soul
I long to be Yours as I long to be Whole