If you could see my distant path
your heart would cease to beat
The darkness there would chill your soul
and numb from head to feet
Yet Christ has stripped the garments
that bore the marks of past
And clothed me in the royal robes –
I am cleansed and new at last!
But behaviors take far longer
to change than outer clothes
So while I am cleansed without
The new within still grows
How wonderful HE sees me
as I am and am to be!
HE understands the paradox
of being dark, yet lovely
Very beautifully said.