The night is not good from where I sit
And though the story may end in glory
The night is not good from where I sit.
The night is not good from where I stand
And though it may be necessary
And though it may prove to be all the difference
Still, the night is not good from where I stand.
The night is not good from where I lie
And though I may not change the night
And though I may have hope for tomorrow-
Still, the night is not good from where I lie.
All those things I've overlooked
And all those things I've let pass by
Apparently are not enough
To let a man just feel.
They tell me not to be so ruled
As if feeling was being ruled
They tell me this in irony
For I told them the same long before- and they are much more guilty of it.
And in the night I call to Him
And there are only echoes here
And I will sit within this dark
But it is not a good thing here.
An angry response is not a poor response
A feeling is just a feeling
If you want one, you get them all
And if you don't want one- you don't care- you don't want any.
The night is not good from where I sit
And though the story may end in glory
And though I may know and believe it well
Still, the night is not good from where I sit.
2 comments:
Love it. The last stanza is great.
It is good to feel. I have not spent a lot of time thinking it is ok to feel- and when I did, I have been told by people that I was not handling it well- which was just their way of saying that it was not ok for me to feel. People (myself included) do not always see the hyporcrisy and irony of the things they say to others. Let us pray that the Lord has mercy upon us.
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