2015 || a poem

Here's to me giving up. 

Here's to me letting go.

Here's to heartbreaking goodbyes, 

Here's to heart healing hello's.

Here's to Him who is strong.

Here's to Him who's still there

Here's to forgiving and forgetting 

Here's to accepting His care.

Here's to remolding of clay

Here's to fires and kilns

Here's to refining redemption

Here's to death of my wills.

Here's to beauty from dust

Here's to beauty through pain

Here's to beauty within 

Here's to crushing what's vein.

Here's to struggle and fight

Here's to peace and to calm

Here's to spiritual heat,

Here's to spiritual balm.

Here's to another year gone.

Here's to sorrowed and joyed.

Here's to the good Lord of light.

Here's to darkness destroyed.

Here's to the start of new things

Here's to the finish of old

Here's to courage to stand

Here's to strength to be bold.

Here's to friends who still stay,

Here's to friends who have gone.

Here's to souls yet unborn,

Here's to souls who've passed on.

Here's to you, oh new year.

Here's to hope and to change.

Here's to stains swapped with clean, 

Here's to Glorious Exchange.

Here's to you, oh new year.

Here's to all you may bring.

Here's to the ticking of temporal time, 

Here's to the coming of our King.