She Bloomed From the Drama (Rise) [poem]
Hi, friends!
In lieu of the year-in-review post I planned on finishing, I wanted to share this poem with you! I began writing it at the end of 2019 and just finished it today. :) I'm so proud of it and it has ended up a more artful and meaningful way to describe last year's journey to you than a normal ol' blog post. Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy this lil peek inside my mind. ;)
she grew from the drama
she grew from the pain
what she once thought was loss
turned out to be gain
she learned from the distance
it was not in vain
what hurt her became
the fuel for her reign
she stepped out in joy
not forgetting the pain
her confidence is HIS strength
it won’t ever drain
see…
He taught her to dance
He taught her to smile
He reminds her that His love
surpasses the trials
He lifted her chin
she began to see
it was Him all along
even while it seemed
there was nobody
the chapters have closed
the tears have come
but separation revealed to her
the new work He’d begun
He gives her the power
He gives her the might
the pain was just night
joy explodes here in light
she bloomed from the drama
she was stretched so she grew
the rose you see now
was her pain, reproduced
the diamond that sparkles
arrived from the pressure
she fought through the heartache
and God overcame
by His love the wound heals
more confident than ever
that His hope is real
and now she’ll uncover
the truth she can testify
because all of the lies
–though loud–
she, they will not define
she’s free now to dance
there’s a song in her heart
the more she lets go
the more that she grows
this year was a journey
there were wounds
there were joys
through it all, she realized,
the Lord eliminated
so she could rise
🦋
she grew from the pain
what she once thought was loss
turned out to be gain
she learned from the distance
it was not in vain
what hurt her became
the fuel for her reign
she stepped out in joy
not forgetting the pain
her confidence is HIS strength
it won’t ever drain
see…
He taught her to dance
He taught her to smile
He reminds her that His love
surpasses the trials
He lifted her chin
she began to see
it was Him all along
even while it seemed
there was nobody
the chapters have closed
the tears have come
but separation revealed to her
the new work He’d begun
He gives her the power
He gives her the might
the pain was just night
joy explodes here in light
she bloomed from the drama
she was stretched so she grew
the rose you see now
was her pain, reproduced
the diamond that sparkles
arrived from the pressure
she fought through the heartache
and God overcame
by His love the wound heals
more confident than ever
that His hope is real
and now she’ll uncover
the truth she can testify
because all of the lies
–though loud–
she, they will not define
she’s free now to dance
there’s a song in her heart
the more she lets go
the more that she grows
this year was a journey
there were wounds
there were joys
through it all, she realized,
the Lord eliminated
so she could rise
🦋
I pray you will find His strength as your fuel and know that He is ever faithful, even when our circumstances and relationships are not. I've used the butterfly emoji a lot recently and it's because of it's symbol of breaking free into something beautiful and something you've been destined for all along. A caterpillar's future identity is a beautiful butterfly, but for now, it has to keep growing and surviving in order to get there. The Lord may clear your path and it may look like destruction but know that He is rebuilding you onto a safer foundation so that you may step up and rise into freedom and bold love.
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