I Don't Want Shelter From the Storm

I don't want shelter from the storm

I want to stand in the rain

Feel its sting

Know its power

I want to sing aloud

As the water runs off my skin

To drink in the fury

To dance to the beat of the thunder

I don't want shelter from the storm

I don't want to hide

Nor to sit in the dry

And watch beside

I want to understand it

Learn from it

Feel from it

Live from it

I don't want safe

I don't want comfortable

I don't want familiar

I don't want only okay

Neither the lies from it

Not the disguise of it

Nor the silent cries of it

I don't want shelter from the storm

Me against its winds

Fragility against its weight

Fleeting steps against its rain

My being against it crushing blackness

I will throw my might against it

Test my mettle against the storm

Know my Maker as I stand in its midst

And take His hand
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