Running

I'm running.
I'm running after You.

I won't look right
Not even left
Because I'm running.

Though it's hard
Even if I'm weary
I'll be running.

Through the desert
Through the storms
You'll see me running.

Forever
Alone if I must
I'll be running.

Oh, LORD, I'm running
...and I'm running HARD

hello, -OH

I smell you again
You remind me of the past
And it sickens me

And, pardon me,
But I don't understand
Why you're here

But, alas,
You exist even now
And you're part of our lives

I suppose some don't see the problem
But I've seen you at work
I've seen what you can do

And let me assure you
You will have no part of my life
No part of my future

I can only hope
The others avoid you as well
But I can't control them

But I will do what I can
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
And that, my non-friend, is more powerful than you

I hope you know

If I had to search campus for you every night
If I had to just listen to you for hours
If I had to hold you tightly while you cried
If I had to never sleep again
If I had to give up everything else in my life

I would do it ALL
I would do anything
For you to get better

Because it hurts me to see you this way
And because you're my best friend
But mostly because I LOVE YOU

You don't

You don't hide from me
You don't block me
You don't ignore my call
You don't even send me to voicemail
You don't delete me as a friend
You don't untag yourself from my life
You don't stand me up
You don't have better things to do
You don't lie to me
You don't go back on your word
You don't leave me in my time of need
You don't hurt me with the things you say
You don't call me names
You don't make fun of me
You don't break your promises
You don't stereotype me
You don't manipulate me
You don't belittle me
You don't avoid me
You don't look at me with hurtful eyes
You don't talk about me behind my back
You don't pressure me
You don't make me cry
You don't rejoice in my failures
You don't give up on me
You don't ...

Ruin me

Lately it’s becoming so clear
Your plan for me

It’s not what I want to hear
But I am willing

It really scares me
And yet fills me with joy

It makes me tremble
But You give me peace

God, my God
You are so good

Thank you, Lord
Thank you

To feign a front

The little girl
Sees things she should not see
And she pretends

It hurts her
But she wants to be tough
So she puts on a facade

She doesn't want to feel
And tries to mask the pain
By pretending

She seeks not for help
But rather hides
It's all part of the act

But there's One that knows
And maybe someday she can trust Him enough
To stop pretending

Overcoming the ignorance

Was I stupid?
Was I naive?
Am I pathetic?

I say I don't regret
And I don't
But I want to

Yet now I know
So maybe next time
I will overcome the ignorance