This poem expresses a persistent theme in my life and Christian walk–always trying, always failing to make my own way, ever believing it was a divine charge.
The way is hard beneath the load
Gabriel Denk 2025
And kicking hard against the goad
Alluring is the broader road
To Abaddon’s cruel end
Keep pressing on ‘til break of day
And mend the cracks in jars of clay
For each must blaze his lonely way
To clamber and ascend
Bright morning shall redeem the strain
Just one more climb the peak to gain
Through sunless age the same refrain
The failure to transcend
Keep walking crawling do not faint
Though not a mile escapes the taint
The gnat will always find wet paint
Delight cannot contend
Yet there is another way
Where no mortal art may reach
A mystery of seismic weight
Lies just beyond the breach
Man’s ephemeral vital frame
By spider silk poised o’er the flame
Concealed safely in the power
Of an indestructible life
Let him drown the shrieks of accusation
The wails of deep despair
Let the triumph of a new refrain
Electrify the air
Not my will but thine be done
Not my race but thine to run
Not my works but thine be wrought
Not mine ends but thine be sought
Not my gifts but thine to give
Not my life but thine to live
So leave the errant way to rot
And let the jackals have the lot
Christ died not to salvage flesh
Let it be crucified!
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