Dear World

Stop kicking me when I’m down

Leave me be when I’m already bowed

Exhausted here on my knees

When will enough be too much

Of course I know all too well

You’re never gonna stop

You’ll keep on beating me down

Cause’ you think I’ll give up this fight

But there’s something

Something you ought to know

This fight, this battle, this war

Well it’s just not fair

Because you see

I know something you don’t

Something stranger than fiction

Something you won’t believe

You lost before you started

Before you connected your first punch

Before you gave me this black eye

Before you beat from me that first tear

For the end of the story

Well, it’s already been written

And I know the truth

And it’s painful

For you

For the truth has a name

And he lives here

In this same broken heart

This crushed but mending soul

Every blow you rain on me

Has the opposite effect

The opposite of your intentions

I’m only getting stronger

And, that’s because of one thing

His victory over you

He made it mine too

It never depended on me

You think me at my weakest

You look at me as beaten

When you see me here

Your foolish mind can’t grasp

That it’s here on my knees

Where I connect with his strength

What seems foolish to you

Is really your undoing

So this look on my face

Yes, it’s really exhaustion

Yes, it’s really fear

But, it’s also pity and love

Because my future is assured

My strength in him limitless

My tears washed away by mercy

Endless grace lifts me to my feet

So understand today

That your sticks and stones

Well yes, they do hurt

But, your time is now short

And after your blows

I will rise

Because stronger hands than mine

They will dust me off

They will lift me to my feet

And with his firm hand at my back

And sword of truth in my hand

I’ll do battle once more

For eternity flowers in my heart

Placed there by my savior

And backed by unfailing promises

I will stand against your lies

And if you ever wonder

If you ever question the smile on these lips

The gleam twinkling in these eyes

Truth revealed the end of the story already

Past these current dark days

Over your shoulder and past your fist

Truth stands there with arms open wide

And a crowd of witnesses cheering

As I run for the finish line