DESERT SPIRITUALITY
TO TRAVEL THROUGH FEARS AND DOUBT
TO SEE THE TRUTH OF MY INNER SELF
THE JUDGMENTAL HEART AND UNKNOWN SIN,
IMPERFECTION
AND UNFORGIVENESS WITHIN.
THIS DESERT WILL NEVER BLOOM,
THE
DARKNESS OF MY SOUL CONSUMES.
THE SILENCE OF MY HEART ALONE,
BEATING
SOUNDS OF SORROWFUL GROANS.
I WILL NOT RUN. I WILL NOT HIDE,
THOUGH PAIN AND SADDNESS REMAIN INSIDE.
I WILL NOT STOP. I WILL NOT MOVE,
THOUGH
FALSE COMFORT
FOR MY SOUL COULD SOOTH.
THE CLOUD OF DARKNESS BLOCKS MY SIGHT,
BUT
I SIT AND WAIT FOR A GLIMPSE OF LIGHT.
THE DESERT WIND STIRS MY HEART.
THE COLDNESS IN MY SOUL DEPARTS.
AS I SEE BEFORE ME, ALL THAT I AM
AND DIG MY FEET INTO THE DESERT SAND,
I
FEEL THE WARMTH OF THE STIRRING WIND
FEEDING A FIRE THAT BURNS WITHIN.
THOUGH
ALL AROUND IS THE DARKEST NIGHT
WITHOUT A SINGLE STAR INSIGHT.
THE FLAME WITHIN MY HEART IGNITES,
FUELED
WITH FIRE FROM HEAVEN'S LIGHT.
ALL THAT I AM IS IMMERSED IN FLAMES.
STANDING NAKED AND FILLED WITH SHAME.
I WANT TO RUN. I WANT TO HIDE,
FOR FEAR OF WHAT I'LL SEE INSIDE.
THE DESERT WIND WHISPERS MY NAME,
CALLING ME OUT FROM THE CONSUMING FLAME.
AS I EMERGE, A NEWNESS SHOWS THROUGH
POSSESING A LIGHT IN MY HEART THAT IS TRUE.
AS I OPEN MY EYES FOR THE FIRST TIME
I SEARCH MY DESERT FOR A NEW SIGN
THE SAND AND THE DARKNESS STILL REMAIN
EVERYTHING
AROUND ME LOOKS JUST THE SAME.
I LOOK AT MY FEET DUG INTO THE SAND.
A BLOSOM IS GROWING WHERE I TOOK MY STAND.
THE
DESERT IN BLOOM,
CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SIGHT.
IF
ALL DARE TO STAND IN GOD'S HOLY LIGHT.
THROUGH TEARS OF REPENTANCE
A RIVER NOW
FLOWS.
FROM ALL WHO DARE STAND,
A GARDEN NOW
GROWS.
THROUGH THE FLAMES OF GOD'S SPIRIT
LOVE WILL
ABOUND
AND
ALL WHO ARE LOST IN DARKNESS
WILL BE FOUND.
WORDS BY NEBShibles
NEBS
© 3/14/1995