be Thou my vision

right after experiencing Dialog in the Dark I sang Be Thou My Vision at a Crusade conference. i think this counts as poetry, but this is what came out of it:

Be Thou my vision

Takes on new meaning

When life is black

When light is painstakingly absent

What I see shapes who I am

My heart is formed by what passes before my eyes

Without light, my identity fades

I am unsure

I am slow

I am lost

I am ineffective

I am intimidated by touch, and yet desperate for it

This is not my inheritance

This is not what Christ died to give me

When You are my vision, my identity gleams

I am confident

I am quick and eager

I am found, strategically positioned

I am salt, yeast, contagious

I anticipate, find joy in personal encounters

Physical light is a necessity

Eyesight is a gift

But neither dissolves the constraint of darkness

Not truly

They allow me, equip me to pretend

But only Your light exposes Truth

You alone bring life and purpose

So give me Light

A heart that sees

Give me something worth looking at

Someone worthy of transforming me

Be Thou my vision