He is Risen

He is risen

The reason we need to drop these chains

Drop these limits

He is risen

But when we want to do good

Evil is always present

Truth is

We’re not where We want to be

we sit high on pride

Hoping no one can detect

The false humility

So many layers of pain to unwrap

Physical scars may fade

But emotional scars can well scar you for life

And Everytime we think we are past the unbearable

It sneaks up on us like fire with no alarm

Trying to Change The person in the mirror

Creates barriers

Silly us

to think

We can set our own selves free

He is risen

But we haven’t rose

Shame is the reason for these chains

We believe it has claims

We’re buried deep in our sins

It keeps calling for us to stay in

A point of no return

And we’ve learned

To mask the obvious

Because it’s obvious

The mask reflects roots

That need to be pulled

We somehow pulled the wool over our own eyes

Never considering how sick the heart is

Although red blood pumps from it

The red blood shed from him

is incomparable

And if we know this to be true

Why are we bound

Why are we dismissing the holes in his hands and feet as if becoming whole is defeat

Our enslaved mentality has proven to discount what we believe

truth is waiting to reign

It lingered far too long

Trying to take root in a belief system That’s comfortably limited

Until truth is anchored in our souls

We will stay in this condition

Lifeless

Officially

the walking dead

But hope is never to far away

It rises up pulling our heartstrings

Reminding us that there is a high priest who empathizes with our weaknesses

Who’s love can surpass the ugliest sins

Who showed us how to be limitless

Who said

it

is

finished

And when we are able to rest in this and in him

we can boldly proclaim

freedom

Safiyah Givens ©️