Adam

Growing gigantic inside of me

Of what to do, of what to be

People will say hate ruled my soul

But how on earth were they to know

That hate took flight years and years ago

From whence did it come, where did it go

I only know it flew away

Leaving me vacant at a lose to say

Why I walked for years downcast

Eyes to the floor on my way to class

Why I could not look up and smile

To connect with a classmate for awhile

Why I could not lend an ear

To a fellow student lost in fear

Why I could not look up and shout

I am love – what are you about

It isn’t easy when you are me

The world is not for the heart to see

Aye, the world is wide, full of God’s love

But I like an eagle soar above

I soar above – omniscient, still

Ready to strike, eager to kill

Nothing can stop me, this I know

Nothing can hurt me, this I’ll show

It took many a year to disappear

Behind this holy wall of fear

But disappear I have indeed

Now there is only one song to heed

One song to show the whole worldwide

What really makes me tick inside

What grows gigantic inside of me

Of what to do, of what to be

Gerry Christmas

Chapel Hill