What We May Be

I am definitely not claiming any mastery of poetry, but throughout my life, I've always enjoyed reading and writing all kinds of things. Poetry is one of those things that just pours out of me. It is so cathartic to get a message across through creativity because so often normal words and phrases leave so much to be said. With more time from my semester ending, I had some more time to think and to get what is in my heart out onto paper. I wanted to share a poem I just wrote. it isn't a great work of art, but it is an outpouring of my heart, a cry from inside of me.

This poem is about my frustration with limitations, my frustration with my own weaknesses and my confusion at times about what life is about. It talks about putting on a good face, even when you're filled with doubt and insecurity, and about longing to be more when you feel like people are placing limits on you. And then it moves into hope, remembering God is the ultimate guide, and the whole journey through confusion and doubt will eventually lead to Him if we keep trusting and pursuing Him.

Open eyes and turn on brain

And leap into a suit of sane

And close the mouth

And guard the ears

And grow backwards

For twenty years

Then open eyes and turn on brain

And lash out of the suit of sane

And realize that all that was known

Is rejected now; I'm on my own

What once was real is now behind

What lies ahead keeps me blind

But oh to reach and grow and know

To love and be loved as before

To feel that I am me inside

To realize my life is alive

And oh to see this face of mine

And feel it's not a stranger's prize

To make a change and give a start

Lay down my life to gain a heart

And oh to walk a path less trod

To seek a light, the Way, my God

With every ounce of strength and will

My life is Yours to grow and build

"We know what we are, but know not what we may be" -Shakespeare

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" -Jeremiah 29:11