Brick by Brick (8-14-2016)

Brick by brick

Lay them straight

Edge to edge

So nothing escapes.

Piece by piece

Building a wall

Slather the mortar

So the wall don’t fall.

No windows or doors

Each wall is bare

No moat is needed

For there’s no access there.

Layer by layer

Built strong and tall

In a tight circle

Only space to crawl.

At the bottom of this tower

Is where I laid sprawled

Guarded by brick

A hundred feet tall.

No one can find me

No one let in

I can barely breathe

In this chimney I’m in.

I breathe in the ashes

I exhale the soot

I feel the fire round me

I don’t bother to move.

Let it consume me

I’m ready to go

White flag surrounds me

I’ve lost all my hope.

From the distance a shout

It echoes down in

Pierces my ears

That have been silenced by sin.

“I’ve not given up now

I’ve not given in

I’m here to rescue you

But you’ve got to get a grip…

A grip on the life Savior

I’ve tossed down below

He’s there to save you

But you’ve got to take hold!”

So what shall I do now?

Burn by fire for sin?

Or turn to the Savior

Who desires to live within?

The question is one

We all must answer

For we can’t forever live

Trying to serve two masters. 

So I will surrender,

Confess my sin,

Embrace His forgiveness,

And seek to live for Him.

Joy Lynn