THERE'S [GOT TO BE] MORE TO LIFE

Even when the last ding-dong of doom has clanged and faded from the last worthless rock, hanging tideless in the last red and dying evening, that even then there will still be one more sound: that of man's puny inexhaustible voice.... - William Faulkner

There’s a piece of life in me

A beating in my heart

A searching in my soul that I just can’t explain

There’s a conscience that rouses me

A purpose I have to prove

A compassion within me, I find so palpable

There’s a thirst inside of me

A hunger I have to tame

A longing for more life; that I should never have

There’s a truth that I must tell

A sacrifice only I must make

A legacy I can leave, so that I can be called great

There’s a touch I crave

A grip I must not lose

A gift I have been given that could bring me before kings

There’s a hope I have been shown

A grace so amazing

There are moments I’m sure, this life isn’t really mine

There’s a question I must answer

A greater calling than me

There’s a life that is not just here now, but for eternity

There is a light I bring

There is a love I am ready to give

There is a life I have to live.

**Written on 5/08/2009