Free of the Masque

heart felt tears 

unspoken fears 

living in regret

thinking life is set

A word a smile 

its so worth the while

you never know who's bleeding.

a lie a curse 

a world full of hurt 

your the abuser shouting, screaming

pain so sharp it sears

a life that's set in fears

and yet we don our happy masques

ignoring the cracks 

in our porcelain masks 

we go on make believing.

a smile a tear 

all powerful fears 

living out regret 

but your life is not set

take off your fear 

you will be safe here

no need to hide

open up inside 

be free from that porcelain mask.

That's all I ask 

be free

be free to shout 

to cry and pout

don't fester it deep inside

be free to live 

to laugh to love

be open, please don't hide.

festering fears grow infections and tears

that grow worse and worse with every year

so please be free 

open up to Me 

live in genuine love 

as calm as dove 

safe from festering fears.

that's all I ask 

be free 

be free

     So often we give fear all the power in our lives without even realizing it. Things have happened that we have accepted as true, accepted to be un-changable, and as a life determinate. But that is just not so. Don't live beneath the cracks of your masque. Stop hiding behind what fear has deemed the inevitable. Be free to love, to live to dream. Don't hide. be open, with God, and with yourself. Sometimes things hurt, and sometimes you cry, sometimes things make you laugh, some bring you joy. But the things that seem set in stone are just not so. Your father called you a failure? You can prove this "NOT SO". Your husband left you, and you feel no man will ever love you again. Honey. Your life is NOT set. People make choices everyday, that affect you in many ways. But their choices do not determine how your life will run. You don't know what the future holds, so grip tightly to each moment, because you'll never have one quite the same, and look forward to tomorrow.
     Stand firm in who you are. and know that your future is not determined by others actions. It is determined by your choices. So choose today to take down the masque. don't live behind a facade. Be free to live each day in the joys and pains and fears of each moment. Be free to love unconditionally, and receive it back. Be free to laugh through each moment. Be free to cry over pain. Be free to re- determine your future. with every moment of every day through the wisdom and grace and power and love of Christ your Lord.