How wretched the morsels
which flood our minds
The things of the shadow
Which suffocate the light
Lord
Excise pride, worry, anxiety, depression,
lust, and all the rest from me
With the beautiful double-edged sword
that divines the heart of men
Dethrone the idolatry of righteousness
in the temple of my heart.
May I yearn not for the praise of other creations
May I learn not to value the gifts over the Giver
May I yearn for You and You alone
The One who loved first
While I was still a sinner,
above that while I was Your enemy.
I love You God
I love You Lord
Just You
Only You
You
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Lord, relieve me of this yearning for and fear of attention
Relieve me of this self-assignment of calling
This drowning of Your Word in my own delusions
The reality is that isolation works
Always and never surprising, certainly regrettable to be so.
O Lord, grace me with an exhalation
A casting of my mind away from self
Let it drift like a message in a bottle to the four corners
Taking me to the people that I can love and lift up.
And by the way, thank You for the journey.