Unafraid

Electrify my mind

If only to light my eyes

To better see

Your wondrous grace

And probe the depths

Of the swirling masses

Of unknowns and certainties

Let me fall into that fray

So that I might feel

And feel deeply

Of a passion and a fire

Tinged with the world

And all its ambiguities

Then, at least, I might get lost

In a beauty

Transcending the most despicable ugliness,

Seeing beyond the smoke and mirrors,

Squinting into the blinding darkness

Of the rising night,

Unafraid.

This my prayer,

This my lament,

This my indescribable joy,

So let it be.