Alive

Dying to myself was not an easy thing,

Yet it was beautiful in its own way,

To allow these chains that hold me up in bondage

 to be shattered, 

to die in order to live,

to let go so I can hold on.

Bittersweet tears stream down my face

as a stagnant fragrance arises from the tense air

 as I look upon my pale, lifeless body that died letting go

 of treasures that I spent my life searching for

 that have lost their value over time

 in order to grasp Him, the one that set me free.

If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. ~Matthew 16:25