for the one who is lost.

i just wanna scream at you.

lift your chin. no. ya. like lift your eyes.

to the clouds. free your thoughts.

capture them again after they are healed.

but free them now let go of what your holding on to. open up your lonely heart.

take your darkness. give it light.

smack it. bring it to reality.

throw it into the river & thrive.

thrive on tranquility.

thrive on truth.

my passion for you my child.

is driving your hurt into the dirt.

i see myself covering your teardrops on your face.

it's like you don't know what it feels like,

to care about the happiness of someone else.

im watching you. & it's like i know,

that i'm bound to lose.

but i'm not.

the day that i watch the hurt float down that river,

that day you give it all up, to him.

to my God.

that day i will rejoice.

i will watch you run down that mountain path,

i will watch your smile ignite the world.

your presence filling void in many souls.

i will watch you find joy in looking away from yourself. away from your life. into others.

i will watch you serve others

& i will watch the blessings rain onto your turned palms.

those who don't know him.

unless someday they do.

they will never know this joy,

in serving. him & others.

the mountains are still watching - ginger.