This Is Who I Am

This is who I am My silence smiles in the face of a lie In every storm my head is held high This is who I am This is whom you see What is began will be brought to an end The proven loyal alone do I call my friend This is whom you see This is whom they know A heart rich with humor, distant from feud Smiles at insults, swallows wrath, never rude This is whom they know This is who I am A man whose faith in service of Christ finds joy A man whose purpose sings where no pleasures alloy This is who I am And some mistaken Seek to destroy the peace none understands For God in mercy restrains the violent hands And some mistaken How they invent me Ascribing to me their desire for the world, yes Projecting on me their greed and unhappiness How they invent me I am man censored You demonize what you do not understand Self churned fear, the shelter and the quicksand Silence Christ centered This is who I am I smile so the world will have no need to cry My wrath smiles and my seas seduce the sullen sky This is who I am "All the ones I've read by you are strong works; tells me of it's designer!" The Scribe