Creator

2024:

Once, I thought I knew your name.

Lines traced neatly-

I knew you were completely-

And forevermore the same.

Contained within my categories

I knew you (but you're not) to be

One who could be understood through Discipline-

Answers clear to see.

When holiness can be earned,

What use is mystery?

How can I cling to the unchanging

(As you've promised me to be)

When the world keeps turning on a dime

And there's so much left to see?

You whisper, my teachers will no longer be hidden-

My paths will be made straight.

Will your goodness cover over uncertainty?

Have I a say in my own fate?

When all within me is tension

And I don't know what to divine

You slow my breath,

Hands on my shoulders,

And remind me you choose to be mine.

Will mercy pour over confusion?

Are you more than what they say?

When ash falls and breath fails, always you remain.

When ash falls and breath fails,

Always you remain.