The Second Half (Audio)

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Calling

I have skills

I have intelligence

I have proven courage

I am creative and imaginative

I have an easy way with people

I am moderately attractive

I am strong in action

I have access to resources

I am healthy

I have led

I have followed

I am experienced

Yet I sit

I am not lazy

I am accustomed to work

But now even marking white screen with black symbols is an effort

To what end

An act of faith, or a shot in the dark

I have

I have

I am

I am

Yet it all seems a mask, paper mache

Wire, paper, glue and hollow inside

Or perhaps a game played but no longer interesting

I seek a calling

A reason

A vision to manifest

A vocation to which I will submit the second half

A new reality on which to focus what I have and who I am

That I may be remade, renewed, restored, and redeemed

I want to be alive before I die

In submission to the true calling of my Soul

I will find my freedom

19 thoughts on “The Second Half (Audio)

  1. It takes a crisis or a severe change to be able to genuinely reflect upon where we are in life. I feel like many of us are here, yet unable to express our state of mind, being or soul.

  2. (Computer shut down to do updates and I lost my second comment. Grrr…) I was saying I usually read your work first and comment, then listen and comment. This poem is such a beautiful synopsis of where you are on your journey at the moment. It made me feel very still and aware inside.

  3. Oh! There’s that human spirit determined to survive. I love the way you interjected “I am not lazy” in the middle of the thought processes. Gawd! My mind goes down that same path frequently. Depression will do that to you. Remember, dear heart: The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning… (Job 42:12) I wouldn’t give that to you if I didn’t believe it given my relationship with the Almighty at the moment. This is a terrific reboot, dude.

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