"I am now no longer afraid to die"

Faith I think of my ancestors who applied Themselves to perfection such that they died Anyway but who took their chance to try And do their perfectionistic best to Move on up and get a piece of that pie And got it and had it and ate it too And stayed imperfect but I understand This trait fate passed down to me by their hand I think it could be the strength of their faith Was that they were weak and afraid of death And were not hypocrites enough to lie About it and if they doubted it they Just put that part of it on layaway Since they somehow had an awareness of The strength of their faith and knew it was love Beneath all the shalt nots and shoutings peace Above the tumult of it all A loving goodbye a peaceful release Becoming a leaf in the fall And till then doing the best we can do I think it could be the strength of my faith Is though I was weak and afraid of death And am not hypocrite enough to lie I am now no longer afraid to die Becoming a leaf in the fall Since I somehow have an awareness of Above the tumult of it all The strength of my faith and know it is love +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMX