Hear my honest explanation
No excuses, but truth be told.
Can you find guiltless in me?
For I am still the child you hold…
Go ahead, see right inside me,
Look within my darkened soul—
Here you see I’m what I claim.
I did not invent the role you gave.
I’m not seeking to tread my path
in the way of this world
I’m trying to find your path,
Travel along your Word’s Way.
I’m seeking to tread your path
Setting my steps
In line with yours
I won’t give up.
I cry out to you, knowing you must answer.
So—answer!
Hear me!
Listen!
Share the Truth
in ways we can understand
Offer Grace
in ways we can receive
Call us to you,
from the bullying of this pressured violent world
Call us home…
To you
Watch over me
Shelter me under your wing
Keep me safe
From the enemies closing in
Their hearts are hard
and their angry voices shout
They chase me hard,
Trying to bring me down,
They will rip into me and tear me apart
Hold them… break them…
Free me from them
Keep them away, these narrow minded judges
I’d like to see how they like it
Starving, malnourished, from their greedy attitudes
The waste they’ve sown
Baked into tasteless bread,
Shared amongst their children
And what about me?
I want to look into your face.
When I come home,
I want to see you, to stand in your presence
and live in your heaven here on earth.
(C) 2018, A.Koh-Butler
