Peculiar Life

All that I forego,

Everything I let go—

To step into the life You have for me —

Will become a fire all around me as I move forward

The scars will make me stronger

The road less travelled is freedom

The road less travelled is life

The way narrow is beyond this world

The way narrow is leading to salvation

Though I am wounded, though I gave up,

Though I am a shell, filling with confusion

Though I look afar to the shore of my past future,

Yet am I here, still on this road

Unto the unknown

Unto the next step

Unto eternity

One day at a time, one breath at a time

Though many have left this life—

Those by my side—

I must go on

Unto You

You and I

It is You and I

What more can I do,

But just keep walking,

Unto You?

Though You may being carrying me through this time,

It still feels I am suffering loss of the potential

I feel failed,

Constantly viewing the disappointment that is at my end every waking and sleeping moment

Is it in this peculiar path

That I leave a strange glory?

Or is the glory that would have been

Something that will be easily trampled upon by the passing of time?

The path ahead of me is a silent witness to my future

But what is it…

Strangely so close

Strangely so far

Strangely eternal

Strangely lonely

Strangely epic

Strangely alone

Strangely chaos

Strangely music

Strangely a coming

Strangely a going

Strangely heaven-given clarity

Strangely infinite listless bewilderment

Strangely a vapor

Strangely a possibility

Strangely evident

Strangely a dream

Strangely my past

Strangely my present

Strangely not yet

Strangely passing me by

Strangely demure

Strangely divine

Strangely a light before me

Strangely a darkness

Strangely healing

Strangely the pain of time

Strangely a worldwide anthem

Strangely a dying silence

Strangely a cold death-bringing fear

Strangely an earth-shifting valor

What will be the end of all of this?

I wait upon the Lord, the God of David

I will never be ashamed,

For God is a living being

His compassion will reach down to me

Against all that I see, God will arise

In the midst of all that I am and all that I can be,

The story and glory of God will remain

Let this be a sacrifice of faith!

Let it rise and change the entire earth

From here before You

From my knees