perceptions

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