Mutate

is this

the promise ?

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dark stillness

tight lungs

wheeze, clench

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appendages, choke

frantically, clawing

suffocating, ripping

drywall, shelving

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frantically searching

light

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some say

we’re only measured

by action

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not intent

or words

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Why God

we’re educated

to question, wonder

examine critically

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no longer fearing

hidden truths

behind sacred words

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I’m learning

to love compassionately

to accept

what I don’t understand

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wide open

my heart, my eyes

acknowledging

my blindness

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and that

is okay

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I’m doubting my way to salvation

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Being Maybe / Reprise (2)

cocoon

catharsis in chrysalis

I’m doubting

my way

to salvation

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Believe

we all fear

becoming

what we fear

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vulnerable

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trust

our ignorance

in love

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be still

keep dancing

life will not always

make sense

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learn to love

our contradictions

we’re nothing

we’re everything

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find comfort

in doubt

sometimes

it’s the only light

we’ll ever have

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“I learn by going where I have to go” ~ theodore roethke

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