Found and Lost

Surprised by that reflection in my mirror
Which presents me with the future of my past
I see new dreams by old ones drawn the clearer
That I am the selfsame person first and last
After all is said and done the only one
Who can truly understand the man behind
This inversion of reality I see

I know this face so well I could shave it blind
We have traveled fifty times around the sun
Underneath the cover of this book is me
Remaining half unwritten but well begun

There have been exalted pages clarified
By incandescent love and mystic yearning
And those chapters where I struggled terrified
With flame which lent no light but only burning
Such that I wondered if I might already
Have forfeited my soul and turned to turning
Away from right and wrong where light burns steady

Yet here I am still standing after all of
The adventures of my years still seeking light
As at morning now I am facing the night
A lost lonely little boy looking for love

+Steven Curtis Lance



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