faded glimpses of beauty
skating by a crowd of people
waiting to see the sunset,
but what they don’t know is
she is the sunset
coming,
came and went,
but no one notices
cause their focus isn’t up,
it is down;
down on their bad luck,
their inner battles,
bleeding scabs
cause they get impatient
and try to speed up the process
only to draw the pain
out longer;
people go on feelings
all the time
it’s so common,
it’s a cold we all get
cause we’re not taking
care of ourselves,
we’re sniffing a drug
that fades us for a moment,
it breaks apart our red sea
for just a minute,
then once we come back
to the place of pain,
we start over the same mistake;
we don’t learn by being passive,
we learn by making choices
to be better than we were
in our yesterday;
we must make a conscious effort
to please the Father
than to please man
and ourselves
cause when we choose
to take the easy route,
it might just take longer
for Him to lift that tired soul
you got drifting on the wind;
why you baptising yourself
in fire rather than water?
you play with fire,
you’re going to get burned
it’s no game when it comes
to the truth,
tattoo it on your heart,
so it’s permanent,
not on your wrist
cause it’ll get marked up
and distorted by scars
from wars you haven’t yet fought;
stop leaning into man
lean into God to lift you up
from the dirt
from which you were birthed,
let this verse breathe life
into the story
He’s writing for you;
stop talking the talk,
walk it
cause the world is in a daze,
they’re waking and sleeping,
not grasping the life inside
these words He’ll speak
into the ears of your mind
if you allow yourself
to hear the truth;
don’t refuse what you need
cause we all need Him
whether or not we want
to admit it,
it’s the truth;
speak the truth,
but in love
as Jesus spoke it to us
through His blood
pouring out of His side for us,
a crown of thorns for us,
a creek of red on His back,
He parted our waters,
so we can make our way
to Him;
we should be thanking Him
with the way we live our lives,
loving those around us,
by being the hands
and feet of Jesus;
do not be ashamed
of the One who gave you
another option besides death;
be bold and fearless
cause He is coming.
~ Bethany Anne