Freedom in Fences

  Papa lion - loving dreamer there is a roar that rises above the crowd amongst the ashes  a love so loud it finds us solace it finds us still this pride that binds and blinds at will this roar now gone still calls to me beyond the grave beyond the sea a setting sun a work begun such light in death a pleasing son all his flaws and birth to strife we're not enough to steal his life he found his place a forgotten space and there he chose to run his race no movie made or statue erect and yet the world will soon reflect John Gladstone came and in Christ's name he found the lost  Beneath their shame he fed them grace embraced his place and now he'll rise to see God's face Farewell my friend Farewell for now Your light in life Still burns somehow It burns in friendship Though It hurts so much It burns in those Who's lives you tuched Here's to the Lion we lay to rest heart like an ocean He gave his best A dreamer A papa A husband My friend Your light not gone It journe