David Smalling Poet Lyric

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

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