Performed March 18, 2016 | Denver, CO   I relish in the presence of a coherent ever loving, irresistible, incomprehensible lover Who like no other has captured my heart arrested my affections Divested my reason Ignited my passion   Removed the cold indifference of stale judgments of myself Condemning unrelenting harshness that has paralyzed my life Boring my day Snoring while walking Saying words not really talking Just mumbling, grumbling desperate to make sense of something… I call life   I’m lulled in dull colors In a cubicle Looking a pictures of where I really want to be On mountain top Riding waves Living extravagantly with passion Being raptured each moment with wild abandonment in pursuit of the one who pursues me to no end Till I am filled to the brim with amazement bursting out of me Experiencing passion extravagantly   Don’t need imitations offered by religion Rules that stagnate the impulsiveness of vision Stimulants to numb the pain With a false high from grass, food, sex and even that cain   I’m living spontaneity of purpose fueled with passionate waves of Wreck less love that brake the chains that bound me down beneath the ground of superficiality Robbing me of my authenticity   Get off me!   I can frolic Fall to the ground Laugh out loud Grab hold and swing like a little child – on my Heavenly Fathers neck   Looking into His eyes ignited with extravagant passion Because – He’s so proud of who he’s created me to be – a reflection – of Himself in me – I’m made in His image – you see   No need to fret Live in regret Be the pet of demons that attack – with darts that are fiery stings of condemnation Seeking to hold me to this plantation of existing not living Apologizing not aggrandizing on what God knows of me His love so tenderly embracing the spirit of who I really am   Not because of performances I perform to conform to a sense of duty A guilt driven Pride ridden Delusional imagery – of a God whose always angry   Waiting for me to tip Him a tithe To go to church and perch Saying prayers with rhetorical words – others give me Laced with learned fear imparted by tradition – that imprisons...