Shedding the scales of the old ways
Believing the new ways will come
Forced to exist in a smaller domain
There is nowhere to run away from
A heavy storm of sickness and fear
Has washed across the earth
Page after page in a never ending chapter
What was our previous life worth?
Missing the chaos, we want to return
To places we knew too well
Somehow we know this is crazy
Yet our heart is too desperate to tell
The longer the pause, the more we settle
A chance to consider the past
Maybe this reset and unwelcome halt
Reveals we were living too fast
Reaching for things we thought would bring joy
Pursuing pleasure and lust and money
We forgot how to feel the pain of too much
And bitterness tasted like honey
A new normal set into the rhythm of life
Hidden things come bursting into view
Some things are dark and some filled with light
Most of which we already knew
The power to choose when the world opens up
Holds a chance for the life we desire
I pray that the chaos cannot recover
And the shadows don’t kill back the fire
There is a smoldering spark of redemption
Patiently waiting to burst with a hopeful flame
All we must do is fill with God’s love and recover
Knowing our stories will not be the same.