In the Name of the Father and the Son

Suspension. Obsession.
This container: explosive.
Your power is held within.
A boiling mass of churning words
Won't form.
Anger. Missed its time.
From fear to pain. Fear to pain.
Rage inside. Hate inside.
(You know he knows better.)
Wait inside. Wait inside.
Looking for Truth, he found an answer.
You know he knows better.
But pain inside. Slain inside.
Open your eyes. Daylight is coming.
On the horizon--a new day.
Open the door to your pain.

Betrayal. Come anger.
That demon--it chained him.
The darkness...it told him would love and enfold him.
But you found a struggler and now it is over.
He found it a comfort, but you found him in pain
Floodlights expose him.
Turn the lights on, but hold him.
You know that he's fighting for love--so give it away.
(He knows you know better.)
And truth cuts like a knife.
Control can't hold you.
There's no fight for grace tonight.
Surrender.
You know it is better.

So open your eyes. Your freedom is coming.
And tomorrow a new day. So welcome it in.
Won't you open the door to your pain.
Your healing will come if you open the door to your pain.
The new day will come when you open the door to your pain.

--August 2004
Sarah Weichhand