I am come into this world old beyond my years.
A child of the spirit bringing laughter and tears.

I race against my body, the temple where I’m bound.
For the house of my spirit soon will crumble to the ground.

I search back o’er the years and see my tale unfold,
the story of my life, now beckons to be told.

As a child I was a dreamer, a frightened little boy.
I tried to please my father, but that brought me no joy.

My efforts went unnoticed, they couldn’t please the man.
And so I gave up trying as away from him I ran.

Accepting that I’d failed, that my life would be for naught,
I put my dreams behind me, my virtues I forgot.

But who I was beneath it all could not be held at bay.
The nature of my spirit would never go away.

Every time I crossed the line, my conscience brought me back.
No God did I bow down to, yet he kept me on my track.

He picked me up each time I fell, though I never asked him to.
While I remained ungrateful, he continued to be true.

One day he came to warn me, for I had not seen the clues.
The life I’d known was ending, it was time for me to choose.

If I listened to his warning I would have to heed his call.
And if I should dare ignore him, I would surely fall.

It ended three days later, that life that I had known,
With the sound of screeching tires, my body slammed against the stone.

He wrapped himself around me as I slid across the road.
He kept me safe from harm, until my body slowed.

I did not break a bone, though I carry that day’s scars.
Yet I would never trade them, for the world, even the stars.

That day began my journey, and I’ve learned so much since then.
Now I’ve become a teacher and a fisher of men.

So if you seek to know me, just listen to the Lamb.
‘Tis He who knows my story, for He made me who I am.

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