Unashamedly Broken

Here's The First Step:

Glass vase shatters

It breaks

As it falls off the table onto the floor

The sound is loud

Stings like thunder

The beauty you've collected

Now disarrayed along the floor

There are sharp cracks

Hundreds of pieces everywhere

The vase that it was

Was immaculate

And with one blow

All I was all I had known

Breaks falling onto the floor

What was the price?

What did it cost?

What can I make out of this?

How can beauty show from this breaking?

Most importantly

This I struggle with

Will this all be for nothing?~

Theres light in the dark
Hope in a spark
Igniting the flame of faith
Warming the heart~

Sun shines in a dark room

Easing her mind from the nightmare that was before

Highlighting through her fears

Helps her rise and stand from the floor

Her eyes squint not used to that light

Not realizing it was inside her the whole time

There's a war she's fighting

But she struggles to soak in

She isn't fighting on her own

There's a team fighting

Roaring

Shouting

Encouraging her on her side

Along the battle lines

So, as she takes her next steps

She gleams looking up at the Son

Knowing through her pain and struggles

In him she overcomes

In him she's already won~

By the calming sea

She stills herself squinting yearning to see

Where life is leading her

The bigger picture

She misses the peace of the moment

Of basking and soaking

On the colors of the ever-changing sky

The moving sea

Too focused on things she can't change

She doesn't recognize her blessings

The simplicity to just simply be

So, she goes back and sits close to the sea