.
I have found my way
and it is a different way to the world’s way
.
A way that leads to life through death
a way of grace and reconciliation
humility, obedience and self-renunciation
.
I have found my way
I have found a new identity
.
Now I can begin again
to live and work
.
to write and sing
I can begin again
.
And I can now be understood
by love of one known greater than myself
.
Who gave his life for love of me
his life and love now newly understood
.
Renouncing all his pleasures
all the comforts of his soul
.
Relinquished all in the death of hell
he felt upon the cross
.
In the dark a single cry
‘Why – O my God – why?’
.
Forsaken, not gone astray like us
punished for all our wanderings
.
The Jews had forty years – I had twenty
in the desert before he gave me plenty
.
Of grace, of love, of fellowship
with others, sisters, brothers newly found
.
Discovered and recovered from the grave
a flock and then a kingdom saved
.
To serve their lord and shepherd
Faithfully
.
And now we come to live together
to meet the world and serve forever
.
The king
Of all the heavens
.
Having fellowship with the light
fighting still the endless fight
.
The darkness that surrounds us
that will not quickly leave us
.
Shining like stars despite our sin
struggling still to let him in
.
I have found my way
and it is a different way from the world’s way
.
I have found my God
My feast
.
And now I bear the yoke
that brings at last my peace.
.
Flowering Poverello 