Aleena Stephens
November 29, 2013
When the day comes for final breath
Will I be up to the challenge
To fight for what is right and true
Or will I sit back and watch the slew
As the world tilts and runs askew?
Will I be brave enough to sacrifice
Everything that matters to me
For all I know and hold so dear
Or will I do nothing and watch in fear
While my enemies parade and lash and leer?
My greatest worry is that in dire hour
I will be defeated by something; myself or other
That will take away my courage and dignity.
Because isn't that God's gift to me-
That and to love, and to be set free?
Without those things what really do I have
Besides a fake world that cares nothing for me
And a set of false values that I inflict on myself for
No apparent reason besides the fact that I'm human.
And that's ok. That I'm human.
But what if I could take the shreds
Those pieces of brokenness called humanity
And with God make something better of me
Then I could not only survive, but conquer reality.
And that will be a fine day indeed.
