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POEM 295: MY SOUL'S CRY

What I am is exactly what You see

I come on my knees
with ruffled feathers and broken wings
knocked off the sky by boisterous winds,
teach me to fly and never come back down.

I come on my knees
shaken from the inside out
broken and knocked out,
teach me to lift my feet above the ground.

I come on my knees
with Marah on my lips
and gall in my bloodstreams,
teach me to sing the song of victory.

What I become is by Your grace.

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#Pengician #SSA

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