Endless Hope

This one is for the one
who has an endless hope in her heart,
given to her by the one who keeps her soul.

See, all day long she tries to find Him,
but sometimes the world talks too loudly
when He sings to her quietly.
Maybe she can't make out the words,
so maybe she pretends like she can't hear Him.

And sometimes at night when she tries to sleep,
the only voice she hears is her own
and it's never enough,
because even if she tells herself she will be all right,
she still doubts that the morning sun
will ever chase away the darkest night.

But in the morning, she sees that all is still alive
and all is still breathing life!
—until the world's devilish shouts
try to scare away the love that she has kept
secret and kept cherished.

Oh, her heart—
her heart!
It wants to harden,
it doesn't want to break again,
it doesn't want to be broken shards
that shred her up from the inside
and leave her body torn and useless.

See, she wants to smile again
and laugh her joy when she sings to Him.
But all day long the voices tell her she's
wrong. They tell her that her voice isn't heard
by the keeper of her soul,
that she ought to give in,
give up, because she's so tired,
so tired,
so undone, give in, give up,
give to sleep, go to sleep,
go to sleep and dream,
dream nothing real
but something of dream,
because dreams
feel good….

Don't
give in.
And again, don't give up to the voices
that try to lull you to false rest.

See, what she wants is something pure.
What she wants is something strong,
and a quiet garden to walk barefoot in
as He draws near to tell her of a new song,
a song she used to know
but somehow forgot
when the world lied to her.

And her heart remembers
and begins to beat the rhythm
as her lungs take a deep breath,
waiting eagerly for Him to smile at her,
to tell her with His one voice of truth
that now is her moment.

So she sings the new tune,
even as it was an old song,
and she remembers it once again
word for word as it always was.

When she is finished, He offers her His hand
and she laughs and takes it.
She breathes in and breathes out
and her heart beats.

See, the beautiful,
He has found her and she has found Him.
Watch as they dance and sing
of the brightest love.
See how in His arms
she is finally free.