grace
a place
the only
true key
unlocking jails
setting self made prisoners
free

addiction the prison
walls slowly built
a need that we feed
a deadly way
knowing full well
slowly lead astray
good hearts

it is well
we say
its just for today
i cant do it another way?

first a lie
then you try
not to cry
so you hide
your face from your deed

those who love you plead
but in your greed
for ecstasy
you cant see
love and life
grace
and the place
in the honesty of community
where together we can be free

trust now bust
a lot of pain
will remain
to all in reach of the breach
of the promise

somehow they must
find a way
to still be grace
in the space
where now pain has taken hold
if not bold, we grow old
angry and bitter

finding the way
we can stay
fitter
for  life
filled with strife
we become Read more...