SHATTERED LENS

I was walking along the path
With full eyesight in tact
Discovering nouns and verbs
Conjoined as presented fact

Things were fine, til they weren't
And I began to question
If there were common laws
A weary soul could rest in

The more I wondered, I wandered
Hither and yon, searching for....what!?!
I'm certain I appeared whackadoodle
Throwing out ideas and systems that just could NOT

....answer

Through all the sifting and mixing
I baked myself a right good mess
Then I threw out my heart's desire
"Where can a spiritual heart enter a natural rest?"

LOVE came to me in the form of man
And gave me His hand to take
I hesitated with terror
"What if I follow and you find 'I' am a mistake?"

He entreated me to move in trust
Allowing all things to work out in process
The more He revealed about LOVE and life
The more I was left to guess

...through shattered lens

Did I see what I think I saw
Was what I saw based in preconceived notion
Shall I run along the laid out track
Or leave all habit for unwavering devotion

Something about habit that is appealing
At least one can feel safe....for a while
But once TRUTH is revealed, in the open
You can accept, or enter "duh nile"

Though images pass, and insecurities emerge
Through shards of broken glass
I am learning to look for movement, only
Never reaching to hold in a stolen grasp

...an eternal GOD

Written by Trudy Schrader on 10/05/2019