— C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
I’m a long way from home
Brown barked neighbors replaced by grey stone
I’ve got all I need in my purse
I’ve gained freedom from my curse
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I walk the winding dirt road
Towards my pasture where I lay my load
This is my life, I do to it whatever I want
No more cages and thorns, I recant
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Happiness, happiness, happiness, that’s what I need
Not crosses, not nails, not persecution after a good deed
Sex, booze, coke; rock the party on
I’m my king; I’m my lord; I’m my don
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I wake up to the golden sun
I’m no different; I’m still the wild, crazy son
I check my green bag, found bare leather
Quiet filled the houses as I pass hither
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I settle beside filthy swine
Carousing and reveling as they dine
I share with their dirty chow
My crown falls in humbled bow
Because of my wanting and desiring
I have become my undoing
No more cages? Bah! I am my prison
No more thorns? Bah! I am my double-edged weapon
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I walked headlong to my curse
My life only became much worse
Life for a lie, that’s what I gained
Searching for happiness was all but vain
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I come upon a hill far from hidden
It seemed familiar, by nostalgia was I bitten
A lone figure, gloriously waited on a throne
He didn’t budge, didn’t cast the first stone
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He threw away his radiant crown
Stripped all his royalty and regality down
He stumbled, was bruised and bled as he ran to me
Hoisted me up to his shoulders as if I was once again a baby
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Upon his back I see the world anew
And although I still sin, I’ll never meet my fiery due
Compared to his overwhelming grace, my wrongs are but a few
He’ll always be there, ready to run towards me and to you too.
“The Lord is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.”
Psalm 23:1, NLT
I will not make a fuss over the things I want,
because I have the only thing that I will ever need–
Jesus Christ.
