These Steps of My Own

My eyes are still good enough I can see
That the lotus unfolds if not for me
Then some other brother of history
And if it unfolds for him then it must
For me before it enfolds me in dust
To embrace the ultimate mystery

There are things I feel like I need to know
Like the holiness of humility
And how meaning is found in mindfulness
Forgetting goes fast as learning comes slow
And it all comes out in the wash I guess
But I want to be within deity
I would like to go with God as I go
Keep my eyes open and see what I see

Religion has disappointed my heart
I like what it says but not what it does
It seems to have forgotten about God
And if I were part of something which part?
An uneven part left out with the odd
Yet I am still out here waiting around
As disappointed as all of us are

But I tread a path wise wanderers trod
Whose steps combine to make this holy ground
With these steps of my own beneath this star
As far away now as it ever was

+Steven Curtis Lance



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