Overcome Me
geez...it may all be the truth, but i am depressing...here's a little something i wrote the other day. i kind of like it. i think it accurately paints a picture of my heart. but i'm biased. i suppose i can be.
Jesus, You have overcome the world--overcome my heart
Take it, beating, out of me
a raw and bloody mess
surrendered to Your Glory.
Make it healed and whole
Your fingernail gently, painfully, carefully
scratching away the residue it's coated in
Jesus, You have overcome the world--overcome my fear
Drag it, screaming, out of me
A castaway of perfect love
Finished robbing You of Your Glory.
Tag it unnecessary, unwanted,
Foreign to who i am created to be
as you heat the fir and break the chains it forges
Jesus You have overcome the world--overcome my self
Rub me, dull and dead, sparkling clean
A rock, split open
Revealing Your Glory.
Love me into beauty--
Jagged, broken and gray unveiled
as flowing, faceted and green
Overcome me.
Jesus, You have overcome the world--overcome my heart
Take it, beating, out of me
a raw and bloody mess
surrendered to Your Glory.
Make it healed and whole
Your fingernail gently, painfully, carefully
scratching away the residue it's coated in
Jesus, You have overcome the world--overcome my fear
Drag it, screaming, out of me
A castaway of perfect love
Finished robbing You of Your Glory.
Tag it unnecessary, unwanted,
Foreign to who i am created to be
as you heat the fir and break the chains it forges
Jesus You have overcome the world--overcome my self
Rub me, dull and dead, sparkling clean
A rock, split open
Revealing Your Glory.
Love me into beauty--
Jagged, broken and gray unveiled
as flowing, faceted and green
Overcome me.
posted by Kelly | 10:53 AM
3 Comments:
Kelly, that was beautiful. Without reading your last name, I'm not sure that I know you, but I'm sure I do. I just clicked on a comment you wrote on Vaughan's site. I love your words in this poem! I just wanted you to know. Beth Pilgreen
Yes, to clarify, I'm not sure... but I'm sure...
Kelly, wow. That's such real an honest emotion of a heart that is experiencing the refinement of Christ in you. That's abrasive beauty right there.
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