the fool who believed
©12-12-22 hannah mclean
i whimper beneath
this heap of broken things
the pieces of the crushed
the defeated
the battles lost
bury my body
strength long proven
too little
fight to climb out
too fleeting
how long?
why do i hear
the trumpet of victory
sound from
my enemy’s camp
when i lean on
the Greater Power?
the shame You promised
to bear away
has stacked itself
upon my shoulders
sin broke
and scorn remains
how long?
the enemy mocks
the seeming futility
of my faith
“where is your God?”
but i know who You are
i would rather be
the fool who believed
than the fool who scoffed
©12-12-22 hannah mclean
i whimper beneath
this heap of broken things
the pieces of the crushed
the defeated
the battles lost
bury my body
strength long proven
too little
fight to climb out
too fleeting
how long?
why do i hear
the trumpet of victory
sound from
my enemy’s camp
when i lean on
the Greater Power?
the shame You promised
to bear away
has stacked itself
upon my shoulders
sin broke
and scorn remains
how long?
the enemy mocks
the seeming futility
of my faith
“where is your God?”
but i know who You are
i would rather be
the fool who believed
than the fool who scoffed
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"Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed over him," lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken." Psalm 13:3–4
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