Though days were blurred, bewildering, an d stale
Though obstacles were hard-hitting when there was no prevail
Though my mind was burning with the tightest friction
Though there was madness raging inside of me with such ambition
Though my voice cried out in pain
Though the beauty of life was an insignificant grain
Though there was only darkness and no glow
Though instead of being a friend I became a foe
Though the world’s doors are closed on me
Though I am alone, abandoned, and simply lonely
Though I cannot bear to fight the enemy no more
Though surviving in hopelessness ended me up in a core
Though the void echoed with regret and null
Though there was failure knocking in my skull
Though anger and weakness flowed through my veins
Though the clouds were lined with heavy, grey chains
Though I was disoriented, frail, and hustled
Though I saw nothing but shadows bundled
You held out your hand and grasped my heart
You lit a light and tore my shell apart
My shell that was disastrous, faithless, and dark
My shell that contained me in a winded bark
My shell that blocked me from the second universe
My shell that is now torn and has opened me into a verse
A verse of life, beauty, and patience
A verse of purity, belief, and pleasance
A verse of happiness, strength, and hope
A verse that has me running down a slope
A slope that is freely rolling
A slope that can never be controlling
A slope that has granted me shalom
A slope that has led me to Your home