Listen

Where are you going, always in a hurry,
place to place with no end in sight?
What are you doing, filled with stress and worry,
performing for others with no goal in sight?
How are you feeling or have you forgotten
to feel for yourself in the midst of your act?

Why is it always the same?
All you ever do is run away.
To strive for the things you want,
when I have everything you need.
There are some that hear me, those who listen to my voice,
but even they stumble and lose sight of me.

Why do you sit here in this room of silence,
if you do not even care to listen to me?
Why do you even acknowledge my presence,
if all you do is try to use me for your selfish needs?
I gave my life for you, died as an innocent criminal,
for what you have done and continue to do.
I freed you from the chains binding you,
yet you chose to put on those chains again.

Open your eyes, can you not see,
your life is not what it is created to be.
Can you not sense that something is wrong?
The emptiness inside just keeps getting bigger,
no matter what you try to fill it with.

Life is not supposed to be all plain,
living day to day, always the same.
But you have settled for that,
instead of the life I have for you.

Open your ears, can you not hear,
the silent tears of your hurting heart.
Take a look inside, you know its there,
the gaping hole eating away your soul.

For just this moment, please listen to me,
I can fill your every need.
Bring healing in the brokenness
and fill the emptiness inside

I am here because I love you,
child of my own creation.
I want to fill you with the love and joy I have for you,
but I will not unless you want me to.
So in this room of silence,
let your heart speak to mine
and in the wordless exchange,
accpet my gift and invite me in,
and seek me from this day.