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i heard you've been

searching for peace

is it not found with

the company you keep

or does it all seem as empty

as the life that you lead

—

ive been a friend

to fools for so long

i've gotten so used

to suffering harm

throwing all my pearls to swine

thinking things would change with every try

--

i find that i am tired

most of the time

longing for more than what

passes me by

--

it's another day another night

more than i can take though i try to fight

i am beaten like the grains of sand

on the few shores i've had the privilege to stand

--

and i'm lost and as found as each one of them

tossed by the tides every foothold i've tried

i beg the ocean to just take me in

i find myself embraced like a warm summers night

on an empty beach

the fullness of Your being

far more than my mind can take

but my soul feels inflamed

—

and those stars aren't thrown across the sky

but each of them placed

and to think any less of ourselves

well that's a disgrace

we're all fearfully

and wonderfully made

home's not here

He's calling

He's coming

the appeal of this life will fade