Moving Away From Safe

"Moving Away From Safe"

By:  Adrielle R. Bollin

 

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No longer at home in that home

Nor am I safe in that sacred place

The life I had was sucked from my bones

By rules and laws so far from grace

The dreams I had came true

The ones that warned of running and war

I stood protected despite the scenes

But still the hurt haunts my door

I went back from time to time

To pick up the pieces of life's demise

But still the visions of war invade

Till rubble again has filled my eyes

My God you love me I know it's true

Still questions gather and fear yet maims

My house that was built on solid ground

Got swallowed up in an earthquake's flames

All that stands are you and I

You are a comfort though I sigh

My destination no longer clear

Though I shouldn't, I wonder why

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Two great foundations came tumbling down

Though both seemed built on solid ground

So what is safe and who is there to trust

All doctrine fails, all men combust

I must rely on you alone

Not just in word or deed and song

But in every living thing

Hear you whisper through the throng

Because you speak to me

Through the world you designed

Through every man, woman and child

Even nature sends your signs

What rule can define this love

Or law make anything so clear

The greatest relationship

Is the one that ever draws us near

So though I may seem aimless

Without a sure fire goal

And though I am a stranger

To the common christian role

I do not walk alone

With purpose all forgotten

I'm getting to know my Father

And shedding all that's rotten

I'm moving away from "safe"

Defined in places of old

I'm chancing the great ocean

To see all I can behold

This picture taken by Adrielle Bollin