SOLITUDE

This ridge I walk
Seeking its majesty and to stand atop

My Creator smiling as I indulge in
what he handcrafted and created
Like a father smiling as his child
opens the gift he gave him
The gifts he wishes to give me

Everything I have in this life
is a gift and what’s more is it’s free 
How could this not be something
I realized in my heart

Long ago from the beginning from the start

I couldn’t do a thing to deserve 

what you have in store for me

So all I can do is be still and wait on you 

You are the silence in the noise

And in the silence you are the voice  

To carry me home to the kingdom of heaven

The state of my heart not a place we go to in the end

I reach back as you extend your hand

Lord you are my compass, my guide, my friend.

You made me ferocious, protective and wild

Yet still you humble me like a child

You give me what I need and what it takes

The stakes are high and I accept your invitation

And now we move forward together

I give you these hands, these feet forever

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