The Right To Become

I Awoke

I awoke from my slumber

Bleary eyes, slowly focused

The room was dimly lit

But the sun was rising

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On the table was a key

And from this room there was a door

And there was no path

I took a sip of that moment 

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I took up the key,

I shook off my sleep

I walked towards that door

With the key I opened the door

I stepped through it

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I stepped into the freedom on the other side

Alongside me I find my brothers and sisters

Ahead of me, behind me, and beside me, my Loving God

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I ask him where I’m going

He tells me “we’re going one day at a time”

And so I follow, and so I lead…

Each obstacle that comes my way

He doesn’t flinch

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I turn to him,

“Lord, what shall I do?”

And I hear a voice behind me saying,

“This is the way, walk in it.”

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Hey! That room is still there, 

Where I used to sleep

But the light of day is always here,

Bidding me to enter in,

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Deeper, stronger, free