Godspeed

In this poem I went in a very different direction than in my others. I have a strong love for many Christian bands and artists, so in this poem, I took lines from some of my favorite Christian songs, and combined them into a poem about God that is coherent and makes sense. I don't know how many people will be able to pick out which lines are from which songs, but there isn't one line in this whole poem that is original material, not even the title.

Godspeed

They say good boys walk straight on white lines,
But I won’t conform to what I see in you,
I won’t surrender what I am.

How long will we close our eyes to the youth?
Because I’m on the edge of losing it all,
And when this thing breaks,
I’ll follow the blood to you my God.
So clap your hands all ye children,
Because we’re turning on the lights.
And you’ve never seen a fight like this before.

Shout to the Lord,
Because I’m waiting on the call to reach my veins.
And there’s nothing you can say that could ever change me.
So remind your parents we’re tomorrow,
Since we are the youth of the nation.
And remember,
They lied when they said the good die young.

So tonight I’ll take my cross,
And I’ll let go of all I’ve held onto,
I’ll be fearless for You.
Since Your grace is enough.
So count me in,
Because we’re never going back to okay.

And there’s nothing you can say,
That will take me away from this life.
Now I am unbreakable,
I’m anticonformity,
I am fireproof.

I’m so sick,
And the fight inside is breaking me again,
But I’m just a man,
So wake me up,
Because who I am hates who I’ve been,
But I’ll blame it on the southern weather.

So while you party on,
I want to remember all the times we shared.
Because I’m on the brink of it all,
And I’m broken
But at last the fog it lifts,
The clouds are breaking with another day.
And I finally found the one I was looking for.
Now I know I am the luckiest
So I say so long self,
I have found somebody else.
I’ve found something beautiful.

So stand up now,
Open wide,
Shake it off,
And look to the eastern sky.
Daylight is coming to break the dawn,
So wake the neighbors,
Get the word out,
That you are my Strong Tower,
And I will praise you with a lifesong.
For You make everything glorious,
And Holy is the Lord most high.