My heart, full of fire,
charged forward upset with desire
to know a difference;
to see a change;
from this misery and path of pain.

I left unknowingly
this old worn path,
to follow blindly
this strange wrath.

So wrought with happiness and loving peace,
how quickly my footsteps felt at ease.
I hurried onward towards my call
every moment tearing down my wall,
that I had built to protect my soul;
but now felt like a heavy woe.

Instinctively I knew I'd reach
my goal, my life, my eternal me.
The bridge between the end and here
was rough and long but I knew no fear.

It was fear that had kept me from this
straight and simple path.
And that had led me down
a self destructive track.

But with every solid footstep
that drew me near and near,
I gladly forgot the hate that
every day I'd hear.

No more screaming lies
thrown happily at my face.
No more wounding pain
to eagerly embrace.

At the end was true love
that I no longer deny.
At the end, my soul renewed is
my savior, God on High.

(from 012101)