april 4, 2018

Once you're free from something that bound you,
you can lift your arms and reach,

                                                       fly,

                                                                   worship.

Once you're free from something that bound you,

you can breathe.

Once you're free from something that bound you,
the torment stops... 

For a while. 

And a new kind of torment begins.

You start to miss everything about your previous life; 

the things you used to say,

the things you used to do.

You start to miss who you once were 
even if it had not truly been you.

You start to miss the people...

You start to miss that person—
devil strategies to get you to go back, 

to return to our old habits
and the quick fixes of our flesh. 

I will endure this withdrawal. I must,
for I shall surely see the victory in the end,
and feel the wholeness of freedom.