I lived hand to mouth
searching the occult mysteries for clues
hoping in Gods I never really believed in
evrytime I got close
i kept being turned away
the veneer truth seem so real
especially when I could see my own reflection.
Praying for deliverance
to Gods I thought I should believe in
the truth came under the shadow of darkness
and the shiny slick oiling of a false hope
desperation was each meal
each thought
each action
every breath
clinging to life
and the shadows closing in
supressed
muzzled and subdued
I called for help
i didn’t know from who
I didn’t know from where
and one shadow reached
I flinched waiting for more of the same
only I was held
lifted up
raised from the death I was living
and I was taken
and weary,
suspicious I waited for pain
but I was fed instead
warmed,
clothed
and housed
educated and never did I think
the glimmer on his charm
hung from his neck
was the hope of all hopes
glory was mine and I hadn’t earned a thing
and so I walk the life dragging my own cross
walking lighter than my sorrows
prouder than my strain
and just like that
all I was made good again
I pay it forward daily
but you don’t know our love for you
look out,
here we come
our backs
holding broken sticks
and taking up all your stones
to save you
and let you know
that you are more than just mere flesh and bone
you are our everything
and we will come for you.
lay down your sticks and stones
and thickened skin
its time to Shine
and thrive.