Through You

I find myself at times
Trying to be brilliant
Longing for some measure of my worth
Forgetting I am dust
Made to share in being
Part of a the chaos of this earth

I find myself at times
Thinking I am better
Meant to be a step above the rest
Forgetting I am part
Of this temporal whole
Sharing in the greater human quest

I find myself at times
Longing for some purpose
Meaning in this life to call my own
Forgetting I am seed
Planted in the soil
Part of heaven's harvest God has sown

I find myself at times
To be a spark of love
Humbled by my mark of human sin
Remembering I'm made
To be a sign of hope
Testament to love in earthly skin

I find myself in full
When resting in Your hands
Bound and held by love not of this earth
Remembering I'm dust
Breathed to eternal life
Through your grace that gives me sacred worth
-C. O'Connell-