Lift
Roaring through this night
Suspended in the sky
Soaring over stars
Stitched together on the ground
Strings of glitter cast below
A dim reflection of the ones above
As all that separates and saves
Us now is wind and lift
Defiant fireflies and proud
Gathered glowing on the ground
Determined to deny the night
Its turn and due
Pursuing ways that seem so true
When shadows and denial rule
For we all know
That what may from a distance glow
And seem a beacon and a light
An angel beckoning delight
Yet still may harbor darkness more profound
Than any in the emptiness around
And so we go
As though this night will ever grow
With justice sound asleep
And those who sow will never reap
From deeds they think no one will ever know
The whirlwind that will soon begin to blow
This mighty wind
That puts the chaff to flight
With flames of fire
On newborn sons of God alight
Will lift us up together in the air
On mighty wings that keep us in his care
By Vic Lortz
11/2010