Unlike many of my poems, this was made to be song lyrics from the start, so perhaps the proper place to star is to watch this lyric music video:
Once blind, in the shadows I dwelled,
Life's colors and lights withheld.
Voices familiar, faces remained unseen,
In solitude, through darkness I've been.
Eyes bound by night, the world felt alone,
Goodness of creation by shadow overthrown.
But then You came, a whisper in the clay,
Crafted sight on the Sabbath day.
Mercy melds the mud, a touch of the divine,
You asked for nothing, this gift purely Thine.
I was blind, now I see,
Your light overwhelming me,
From the dust, You called my name,
in Siloam, I washed away my shame.
Once lost, now found, on holy ground,
You opened my eyes, in You my hope abides.
They questioned me, "How can this be?"
"The man called Jesus, He healed me."
Doubt and debate, they could not see,
The simple truth that had set me free.
From their sight, their hearts flee,
their souls in chains while I'm free.
Cast out, alone, yet not afraid,
Your mercy, the comfort in the shade.
Revealed as the Son of Man to me,
In worship, Lord, forever I'll be.
I was blind, now I see,
Your light overwhelming me,
"Let there be light," You again decreed,
At Siloam, my eyes from darkness were freed.
Once lost, now found,
on holy ground,
You opened my eyes,
in You my hope abides.
No longer defined by the night,
In Your grace, I've found my sight.
Rising up from the earth, reborn,
In Your image, no longer torn.
Through Your love, my life’s redone,
in Your light as brilliant as the sun.
I was blind, now I see,
Your brilliance shining on me,
From my night, Your word brought day,
in Your light, I’ll forever stay.
Once lost, now found,
by grace unbound,
You opened my eyes,
in You my heart resides.
Once blind, now I see,
through Your love, I'm finally free,
With new eyes,
I'll follow Your ways,
In Your light, I'll live my days.
Once blind, in the shadows I dwelled,
Life's colors and lights withheld.
Voices familiar, faces remained unseen,
In solitude, through darkness I've been.
Eyes bound by night, the world felt alone,
Goodness of creation by shadow overthrown.
But then You came, a whisper in the clay,
Crafted sight on the Sabbath day.
Mercy melds the mud, a touch of the divine,
You asked for nothing, this gift purely Thine.
I was blind, now I see,
Your light overwhelming me,
From the dust, You called my name,
in Siloam, I washed away my shame.
Once lost, now found, on holy ground,
You opened my eyes, in You my hope abides.
They questioned me, "How can this be?"
"The man called Jesus, He healed me."
Doubt and debate, they could not see,
The simple truth that had set me free.
From their sight, their hearts flee,
their souls in chains while I'm free.
Cast out, alone, yet not afraid,
Your mercy, the comfort in the shade.
Revealed as the Son of Man to me,
In worship, Lord, forever I'll be.
I was blind, now I see,
Your light overwhelming me,
"Let there be light," You again decreed,
At Siloam, my eyes from darkness were freed.
Once lost, now found,
on holy ground,
You opened my eyes,
in You my hope abides.
No longer defined by the night,
In Your grace, I've found my sight.
Rising up from the earth, reborn,
In Your image, no longer torn.
Through Your love, my life’s redone,
in Your light as brilliant as the sun.
I was blind, now I see,
Your brilliance shining on me,
From my night, Your word brought day,
in Your light, I’ll forever stay.
Once lost, now found,
by grace unbound,
You opened my eyes,
in You my heart resides.
Once blind, now I see,
through Your love, I'm finally free,
With new eyes,
I'll follow Your ways,
In Your light, I'll live my days.
