My brain was on fire.
What if God were long ago
& far away?
What if my life sucked
& nobody cared?
What if all this were just a dream
& I should wake up?
And I kicked at my tangled sheets
And a breeze blew in my window
And I heard God
In a voice rich with understanding
Calling me by name and saying
‘I have loved you from the time I first thought of you
And there is nothing you can do
That would make me stop loving you.
I made you
& I bought you back
& I have work that only you can do.’
And I woke
& I smiled
for the moon through my window
was throwing a cross
on my floor.
What if God were long ago
& far away?
What if my life sucked
& nobody cared?
What if all this were just a dream
& I should wake up?
And I kicked at my tangled sheets
And a breeze blew in my window
And I heard God
In a voice rich with understanding
Calling me by name and saying
‘I have loved you from the time I first thought of you
And there is nothing you can do
That would make me stop loving you.
I made you
& I bought you back
& I have work that only you can do.’
And I woke
& I smiled
for the moon through my window
was throwing a cross
on my floor.