Castle Lock

Castle Lock                       9/6/2018

Another day

And another night

I type out the words

In a stone castle. 

Nothing but a man

Born of mud

Growing up

Among the golden grain.

Winnowed in the heartland

The wheat from the chaff

The grain of life

Long forgotten

And blown away. 

I lost everything

But most important of all

I lost my fear

Because once you lose

And live

Anything is possible.

 

Gut shot and dead

Down in the ditch

Left with nothing

But memories

And choking on ash. 

It took me a long time

To find my own voice

The distinct gift

Given  

And not deserved. 

God is here

And he is alive

Burning in my heart

Ever since

I believed. 

It was then

That the future

Proved the past

When God plucked me out

And made me new!

By his grace

And by his love

Blessed beyond all

Victorious and free. 

No longer concerned

With the good opinion

Of mediocre men

And feeding on their hatred

As fuel for the soul. 

Awake and aware

Of everything I see

The culmination of decades

Of observation

And human behavior.    

He gave me a reason

And now you will find yours

Courageous

Fearless

And free. 

Willing to risk it all

Without seeing the end

Win or lose

Good still wins.