I need you wrapped around me like a cloak
No, like armor
Keep this world at a distance
Let me wear it like a loose garment
I want to keep my soul pure from its ignoble grasp
JESUS!
This is too much of enough.
Someone tried to pierce me in my heart
I almost died; I nearly withered away
Someone lied
But your love threw off the yoke of my oppression
It is truth free from deceit
It is strength, resistance, and dissent
But…someone told me it was arrogance.
I wanted to rejoice, to dance and lift my hands
I wanted to be free to love the way you love me
But the rubies we grew were hurled at me
And my virtue discounted
You did not free me to be blind nor foolish
But gentle and full of grace
I need you wrapped around me like a shield
Please keep me safe in this place.
M. Wells 6.23.20