Poetry: Symmetry and Reflections

A Voice Inside

There is a voice inside me
who tells me many things
he reminds me of when I'm bad
ill thoughts and lies he brings
he tells me that I'm worthless
in so many subtle ways
he convinces me nothing good is there for me
and that I'll suffer all of my days

he points out all the things I've lost
and things that I can't take back
he fluffs up all the negative
and reinforces good I lack
he plants a seed of half truth and doubts
that grows into massive weeds
choking all the beauty and good
that life here can conceive
he tells me that i'm ugly
and that others laugh and leer at me
he distorts the light of any truth
so that i can't see clearly

but then one day I heard a voice inside my heart
one that I've never heard before
that told me that He loved me first
and longed to give me so much more
He said that in tears, He sent His only son
to break my shackles free
and wants to pour out all His abundant love
to save a wretch like me
He wants to hold me in His arms
and heal up all of my wounds
and start again a new life for me
just as He rose from the tomb

He tells me that I'm precious, even more than gold
that for me he'd die over and over again
no matter how many times I've fallen
and no matter what kind of sin
His loving words of mercy and grace
are such I can't scarce comprehend
something so profound and heavy and radical
that I must allow Him in
something that makes no sense and feels so right
and You speak words only of truth and love
help me only hear your voice speak to me
because You, and only You, are enough.