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