Ode to Love

The eve of the storm I can feel it in my bones Battle or night in? The lightning flashes Dimmed by the flurries of snow Quite unnatural This must be a dream As I gaze into the skies Illuminated So I journey forth Unaware of what's to come Yet so confident Dose of the unreal Mixed with imagination A hint of (wonder/happy/\moxy\wisdom) To tame wild souls One must also tame the mind So I seek to tame Single star of hope Shining despite the weather Raging with the storm I whistle a tune One of a subdued maelstrom Down these paths dim lit

In the beginning I felt you as close as skin Now my flesh itches Our hearts still connect There's too much interference The world's stripped me As friends fall away My body like a prison Thoughts running rampant This room is a cell The paths offered like shackles I have no control But there is still hope A fools hope in this cruel life That God is near done Done counting his sheep Despite my (faults/sins) counting me We've reached the last lap So here I hold out Hope dangling on a thread Each step burdened more Jesus cleanse my heart Lighten on me this burden I'm at your mercy

We each hear a song Of fun despite loneliness A summer anthem My cousin shoots it My friend and I act it out Playing different roles He plays the hero I embody fun itself Dancing wildly Float down the river With puppets along the way The party grows still I pull up the map Finding our destination And then we set off An amphitheater Set amidst a grassy plain The concert venue The tune continues We are joined by a guest star Ed Sheeran himself He sings the next verse Product of a broken road Well versed with the tune

Wading in shallows Between the deep and the light A lingering place I grow anxious here Grasping at the tangling weeds Awaiting rescue A rescue will come With sound like a blaring horn And a brilliant light The daydream calms me I will remember this then All the wasted days The time spent apart All my wasted energy The darkened paths walked Moss grows on me now Harmless except for its mass Full of inertia Compulsion holds me My action is not my own Time slips and then crawls I await my rest Praying for my redemption While I splash around

Point of disorder In a world gone static I've been out of line The lines are crooked Something is straightening me Calling me from sleep This is not the truth This is a matrix of lies Choking me from life I can't remember The last time I enjoyed life Or had reason to Now I lose my way Unable or unwilling It's hard to tell which I feel so compelled Each step guided by God's hand But I'm stumbling Assailed on all sides Sustained in the hardest way So much disquiet My thoughts are of you I am trying to stay strong Please change this world

The fountain dries up The source has been sacrificed And path back to it My hands are cracked now So many doors have been closed This trap lies open She has come with me Ensuring I do not flee That's all she can do I only wonder What part of God's plan is this As I fade away Perhaps some must fade Enduring through time's trials Sloughing off the worst But the worst return This ravenous band of mine Craving, destroying I'm feeling helpless As the stresses of life bind Feeling all alone There are some ways out I'm better off than before Let me not forget