The Way Poem by Drew Engman

I fall behind, I run ahead, I go off to the side
Sometimes I dropp my fig leaves and don’t even try to hide
Why in the world would You take all my sins upon yourself?
Then tell me you still would, If there were no one else!

How can I get that through my head, alive, inside my heart?
My best day on earth still pierced you like a dart
And I’m too old and obvious to fake it like a kid
Jesus, take me, here and now, in spite of what I do, or did

I know I’m one more stumbler in this gilded world of sin
Not some grievous angel who can simply fly back in
But death is not our destination, just the valley we all dread
Before we face The One who gave us Living Wine and Bread

So please know me, Lord, look deep, and see my hopes and fears
I share them with you now in faith and love and tears
In this world I fall, I fail, I stumble, and I stray
But I look up from my failures and I know You are The Way