God, don't grow smaller for my sake
When I give you a place
As a character in the book I write
Don't settle for playing the role I give you
When I build these four walls
In my feeble attempt
To give you a safe place to live
Crumble these walls into dust
When I lay out the guidelines
For who I know you should be
Crash through my made-up rules
Like a raging, angry bull
When I ask you to be calm and safe
Flare up like the brilliant birth
Of a brand new star
When I ask you to be tame
Terrify me with your unbridled wildness
Like a storm that strikes with no warning
When I ask you to be small
Refuse to stop being everything
God, keep being everything
Keep being confusing and unknowable
Keep shining so brightly that I am painfully blinded
Keep hiding in plain sight
Keep abiding in people, places and things
That make me squirm
That make me irritated and mad
Keep living on in all the things
I've never bothered
Paying any attention to
Keep being so God-like
And so un-human
That I will never be able
To stop asking questions
That I will never stop
Feeling shocked, awed, and utterly undone
By what I find when I seek
