Fight or Flight

here in the midst of all of this

i look at you in light

now i notice distance

and the turbulence of flight

this craft we made it can not hold

the clouds now in the sky

the rain reveals reflections of

a future floating by

a future filled with laughter

a future soaked in grace

a future where the innocent

have found a resting place

now the rub of rights and love

hold my body tight

such flesh and skin i look within

as rain reveals the night

a pilot lost i judge the cost

self pity has soaked through

now to blame though filled shame

i find all fault in you

such judging fear as death draws near

i beg to see his son

a distant song now growing strong

three harmonize as one

perspective flows silence grows

disrupting all my pain

blood is found all fear is drowned

in the power of a name

................

matt francis