WORDS CHALLENGING MY PURPOSE
REALITY TESTING MY FAITH
FEAR PROVOKING MY TRUST
YOURS AGAINST HIS
YOU MY GREATEST TEST OF LOVE AND HATE.
TAUGHT ME THINGS I DIDN’T APPRECIATE.
YOUR ARROWS DIRECTED TOWARDS MY EXISTENCE.
TAUGHT ME TO ACT WITH WISDOM AND RESISTANCE.
THE LOGIC THAT CAME FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE
PUSHED ME TO REACH FOR A CREATIVE ALLIANCE
THE PERCEPTIONS THAT YOU WERE ABOVE
PROVOKED ME TO ANGER AND THAT MUCH MORE TO LOVE
YOUR EYES OF SHAME THAT PEERED ON MY POSITION
GREW A DESIRE TO EARN YOUR RECOGNITION.
THE ANGER THAT YOU EXPRESSED
LASHED OPEN WOUNDS OF REPRESS.
WOUNDS THAT LONGED TO BE HEALED
WOUNDS WITH SCARS THAT FORBID ME TO FEEL
TO LIVE TO CRY
SCARS THAT SHOWED IN ALL AREAS OF MY LIFE
YOU MY GREATEST TEST THROUGH THIS
CHALLENGED ME TO NOT JUST SEEK TRUTH, BUT TO LIVE BY IT!
YOU SEE THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE
CREATIVITY IS MY GREATEST ALLIANCE.
LOVE POWERED MY RESISTANCE AND
HE NOT ONLY PURPOSED BUT ALSO DEFINED MY EXISTENCE.
PERCEPTIONS OF SHAME DIMINISHED IN THE MIDST OF EVIDENCE
RESPECT, HONOR, LOVE, AND HELP FROM MY NEW ALLEGIANCE.
RECOGNITIONS BORN TAUGHT US A NEW PERCEPTION
OF FORGIVENESS, HEALING, AND COMPLETE REDEMPTION
-KHRISTEN
