Dear World,

SHUT UP! Shut up. Please, just shut up.

Because you're screaming at me

you're talking at me

you're forcing me to go directions

directions

I

Don't

Want

To

Go

with your eloquently spoken words

your tempting whisper

your flashy gifts

your nice boys

your well educated peers

your advice givers

your stable church-goers

please back off.

Because I am weak

easily seduced

hesitant to stand out

and too prideful to cry

I have been sitting

in

silence

watching you turn my head and quiet me down

But

tonight my soul is screaming

though I myself may not

my soul screams out for you to

SHUT UP!

and even though from the outside

all you hear is a whisper

and a faint screen of protection coming over my eyes

soon

you will hear

HIS roar

His Ravenously

Jealous

Roar

The roar

that will awaken my spirit

and put a rumble in your plans

He's ready

to come out claws outstretched

to grip into your wall of emotionless dominance

and Tear It Down

tear it down

until it's only me

and only Him

You won't be in our way anymore

but until then

shut up

so I can hear my maker speak to me

shut up so I can stand up

turn around

and run weeping back into His arms

because once you're out of

Our way

that's all there will be

is me

and Him.