This Soul
Strong are these feet
which carry this body,
ridden with fears, and guilt, and sorrow,
through the Red Sea that tries
to vanquish this light.
This heart, and this will,
is what splits that Red Sea so that this soul
may flow freely to escape the chains
that bound it to self hatred.
Every morning these feet deliver this soul
out of a tempting, dark and lonely room
out into the bright, angelic glow of a world
that has tried and failed to hold it back.
But each day reminds me that
there is a world out there
and i am in it
and i am not going to trap this magnificent soul
today.