We Rage

“Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” There is an eternal sight that lights the lives of men, She is wondrous, full of rage and fury. And with this turning of her page, We stand at a crossroads of schizophrenic reckoning, Of men and women great, vying for the mind of an era. But to none I trust my fate, For there is only one who can ignite me, There is an eternal right that fights for all to see, And in his gentle ferocity he knows the darkness that torments. Some time ago, I was in a fallen mission, And I knew a man whose light shined brilliant like my youngest daughter's gaze, He died of Aids, But let it be known, he raged. I know a woman who lost her house, and back, and legs, and almost lost her soul as well, But we prayed, and now she cries with tears of peace amazed, Let it be known she raged. I knew a racist spinster who gave my daughter diapers so that I could keep my lights on, She died in bitter pain but not alone, for there is breathe that will not cease to breath, It chooses whom it will to see the Son and so believe. Some time ago, I thought that God would choose some souls for eternal flame, And I raged on buses and trains trying to save who I could, And when I came to see God’s love as I should, I despised the shame, for still I raged. I tell you, I’ve been wrong so many times, I scarcely know what's right, But in blind sight I know this much, That all of us will know his touch, And together as one, the lot of us, Will fight for a world with joy ablaze, And when our salt has savored an age, Then the world will know beauty. But in the mean time, We walk a line, between suicide and self worship. Self Control and Paralysis, Selfishness and Common Sense, Service and masochism, Fear and presumption, We almost walk in darkness all together fearing the cross that saves us, But in the end we shall say to that cross, Come forth and take us for your fear no longer rules me! For foolish things confound the wise, And no price is too high so all might rise, And we walk in the footsteps of a King from on high, Who even death could not conquer, And because he raged, I rage, We rage, And when our salt has savored an age, The world will know beauty.