Before I relax in lulling thoughts
I need to centralize one above all,
your holy family and sacrifice.
You have given me more than life
the ability to learn to love
and act my part on this stage
full of closing curtains.
I hope with everything I hold,
my happiness and feeling
I have experienced will be shared
among your cherished children
who do not know your presence.
I cannot imagine what goes on,
what soul crashes,
what injustice destroys,
during the moment I fall
past deep oblivion.
I pray the lost are directed home,
the broken given purpose to breathe,
the saddened enlivened with light,
the skeptic promised the eternal covenant.
I cannot repay you for your heart
that was pierced with agony
for all of us sinners.
What I can do is give my life,
because I trust you will guide me
wherever I may follow.
