NightWatcher, You're Ok

 written May 23rd, 2016

Every room is clogged with clutter

All your mind is chaotic wonder

and now I feel destructive thunder

in my soul too.

You try to reach me in hope

but Your unknown brokenness makes every gesture a joke

because I know you’re hurting

so now I’m hurting on my own

because of you.

Your heart’s reality

invites my heart to break more deeply

I guess it doesn’t happen enough

for me to know that it hurts good.

But I’ll enter in the mystery

of the scary mind we’re haunted by

and make your terror mine.

We’ll both toss and turn all night

at the stern with Jesus Christ.

I can’t take your feeling away.

I’m not strong enough to breath new life into today.

I can’t lead because I follow

but we’ll keep our eyes on tomorrow

where the winds have died and the sea is calm

and all we hear is the most sovereign voice of all.

Night Watcher, you’re okay.

The fact that you look is perfect enough.

The truth that you care means that you’re almost there;

the proof’s in your prayers.

The Master has answered and He’s waiting there

tomorrow

after the sorrow

has brought US closer together.