Friday, April 9, 2010

Destination, beautiful

I had always imagined my senior year being like... the big cymbal crash. The resounding last note that I've been working up towards all this time. But, now that I'm here, it just doesn't seem that important anymore; that "last impression." It's just one of the 12 years. It may be the last note, but like the others, it's just a note. The whole progression is the finale. Or as I like to say, "There's a piece of destination in every step of the journey."

Let the season's change wash over me
(I know you feel it too.)
The beauty and the balance of
A chapter starting new.

Destination, beautiful
In its mystery.
I asked him, "Lord, where should I go?"
And he said "Follow Me."

(Through deserts turned into living springs
Through valleys of darkest death
And in the presence of enemies
Find places of peaceful rest.)

I angle toward the unknown.
My wingtips turn and bend
Circle round, slow and sound
(And downward I descend.)

Destination, beautiful
In its clarity:
I asked him, "Lord, where should I go?"
And he said "Follow Me."

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