11.20.2009

Lights...Camera...

Honestly?
I want you to back the hell off
I want you to take about a million steps away from me
I haven't done anything to you to deserve this
but you know all about hell don't you?

I can't even inhale properly
I'm sick of choking
choking back words, tears, emotions, memories...
NO!
I won't do this
I won't open myself up to you
not again
I've seen what you can do
because you're like a poison
seeping into the creases of my loose existence

I wish I could get a restraining order against you
but that's impossible
because you don't exist here
even though you are always present

But you know what?

I'm getting really good at tying my loose ends
I'm getting stronger
it's getting easier to build those walls
It would be so easy for me not to care
to flip the switch and make you not real
I could make you so small that
you
would
cease
to
exist
Yeah, I'm angry now
but in about 5 seconds I won't be
You'll be small again
and I'll be able to breathe
without you persecuting me
constantly reminding me of my failure
enforcing my humanity that I have come to despise
I won't feel sick anymore
they say you're the prince of darkness
well I'm a damn good actress
I should get paid for what I'm about to do to you
watch me work
in
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
and...
ACTION!

11.19.2009

wager

I would trade it all for them to know You
do you make deals like that?
If I could give them EVERYTHING I have in You
and start again
I'd do it.
I'd do it all over 
just so that they would know You

then maybe they'd have to figure out how to save me 
and not the other way around 

11.18.2009

the words that don't matter

The words that didn't matter I kept safely tucked away,
confident that the tools I used would keep my secrets
I was sure to only use silent ink
on silent paper
I put them in a journal
that made my heart skip a beat anytime anyone went near it
the words that didn't matter would never leave the page
they were words that were never meant to see the light of day

The words that didn't matter I carefully silenced,
the barrier of teeth, tongue, and lips strong and mighty
and if they weren't
my will power would never let them through
the emotions I chose kept them underneath the surface of sound
they would never come up for air
there was no need for them to ever escape
the words that didn't matter knew that they didn't matter
they were words were never meant to have life

The words that didn't matter the world guarded suspiciously
they were criticized, analyzed, and scrutinized
they were changed and deemed heresy
thrown into millions of books they all looked like strangers
sent to caves and told to remain there never to be discovered
sold as opinions and not useful for educational purposes
they were told to separate by 'church' and 'state'
their meaning manipulated and used for evil
the words that didn't matter could never save a soul
they were words were never meant to have a purpose

These are the words that didn't matter
the words I thought I could never let off the page
the words I thought I could never give life to
the words the world thought could never save my soul
the words You lit up and decided to use
the words You let me breathe
the words You showed the world were true

The enemy wants you to be afraid of sharing the words that don't matter
because when you share the words that don't matter
You will find out that they do.







11.09.2009

HE IS REAL!
real real real real real
your version is walls, structures, and lies
your version is harsh, demanding, impersonal
your version sucks
it's not real, it's merely reality
HE IS REAL
I'll show you what I mean by relationship
you say it's fluff
well I'll be the first one to tell you that it is anything but
"she sees bubbles, fluffy, and friendship"
who is she?
I'M SITTING RIGHT HERE
I'll get in your face of dominance and tell you that my relationship doesn't involve that bullshit
you say fluff, I say FIRE
because I KNOW FIRE!
I have seen it and walked through it
walk through it with me and see if you call it fluff
better yet, walk through it with God and see if you call if fluff
Bubbles... BUBBLES? ARE YOU FOR REAL CALLING MY BATTLES BUBBLY?
I'll show you a real war soldier
the war He fought for my life
the war He continues to fight for my life
the war He fights for your life
you say you know war
that you've seen death
that you've shot that gun
well I wasn't standing there at the foot of the cross
and I'm not gonna pretend that I know all the details
but I know what He died for when He died for me
I know what He wants from my life because He speaks
HE SPEAKS
You've never heard His voice?
You try to turn it off during worship?
because it's fake?
because we want to be comfortable?
because we want to be independent?
You think I made this shit up?
You pick out portions of the bible and tell me you believe
yet look me in the eye and say who am I to talk to the Alpha and Omega;
that I am just a woman and think mighty of myself to believe that He speaks and guides me?
He doesn't just speak brother
He sings
HE SHOUTS
He cries
He dances
He fights
He dies
with me
at me
for me
EVERYDAY
I'll show you what's real
You make me sick
You make me want to punch you in the face

Yet I want to cry
because you don't accept your inheritance
you don't know grace as anything more than a word
you compare The Almighty to the world
and He cries with me
and at the end of the night
I know that I love you
because He loves you
because whether you believe me or not, you are a child of God
You are loved
and He wants to speak to you

so tomorrow
or the next time we go to the beach
or at the next BBQ
I will speak to you again
and we might fight again
but maybe we won't
and maybe you'll see more than
bubbles
fluff
and friendship
because you'll listen to me
you'll hear my story
you'll hear the truth
and most importantly
you'll hear the voice of the Alpha and Omega
the one who I am not worthy to talk to
and the thing is
you are right about that
but He's gonna talk to me anyway
and so I'm gonna talk to you anyway
because I used to be
just
like
you
and back when fluff, bubbles, and friendship was impossible to believe in
someone loved me enough to fight back
and He graced me with His voice
and loved me
so I will pray for you
because even though you don't believe me
sometimes prayer
is enough.