Radical and Relentless

I carried it

    when it was invisible,

    when it was embryonic.

I carried it

    when they were laughing,

    when they belittled,

    when they said I lost my mind.

I carried it

    when they called for its burial,

    when they said it was time

        to move on,

        to let it be dead.

They did not know

    the power of a word from Father,

    the power of encouragement from the Holy Spirit,

    the whisper within me

        to be radical,

        to be relentless.

Till they

    walk where I walk,

    stand where I stand,

    sit where I sit,

    lie where I lie,

They will not comprehend.