I am a complexity
I am a conduit
I am a Christian
contrary to popular belief
in other words
opposite of trendy faith
with all of my limbs
tolerable countenance
and normal functionality
I am a miracle
part human
part spirit
fully man
part past
part future
fully present
part testimony
part process
fully saved
part merit
part mistake
fully triumphant
out of darkness then light
weakness then might
blindness then vision
pride then submission
conceit then contrition
death black turned snow white through bloody red
one of many raised up from the dead
breathless creature to living soul
leaky heart to perfect whole
to Saint from sinner
from victim to victor
judgment to compassion
observation to action
stale and torpid affection to passion
I am a complexity
I am a conduit
I am a Christian
speaking the music of God’s heart
I am a sweet deal
a covenant between the Word
and the womb
the friend I am
to fatherless dreams
the joy I am
to sonless love
the tribute I am
to forgotten freedom
the pen I am
to scripture’s expression
the treasure I am
to perfect sacrifice
the promise I am
to crucifixion
the secret I am
to poetry
a place where evolution meets diplomacy
that clandestine chapter earth groans to see
the candle the seraphs come close to perceive
the lyric that only we humans can sing
the hymn that only we are: “Redeemed”
it is Christ in me the Hope of glory
yes Christ in we the Hope of glory
here I am to tell the story
written on flesh that once was stone
written by One who made me His own
written for more than I alone
an inverted heathen
a reversed reason
dust using oil in a vapor to please Him
I am a complexity
I am a conduit
I am a Christian
I am the fight that fear is afraid of
what Moses was made of
what Christ crushed the grave for
what Paul killed and died for
what Abraham sojourned, battled, and lied for
I am the blood, sweat, and tears of Gethsemane
the arrow of greater works shot from Calvary
the sermon on the mount
the weight of the cross
the purchase of pain
the new song sang
the salt of the earth
a city on a hill
the gates
the everlasting doors of Israel
I am a servant called to be king
a new creature built of old things
collected, converged, converted, conveyed
in order to be what the Father did say
I am a complexity
I am a conduit
I am a Christian
