Change of Heart

Take this hardened heart
Shatter it to pieces
Refine it in the fire
Melt and mold it
Something new
Soft and beating
With renewed vulnerability
A place more pleasant for the soul
Where the Spirit won't be stifled

Take this hardened heart
Remove it from the lies
Restore it with a touch
Twist and shake it
Better than before
Warm and peaceful
More capable of love
A place where trust can grow again
Where bitterness cannot survive

Take this healing heart
Mend its torn seams
Reassure it with faith
Hold and guide it
Stronger than ever
Whole, but incomplete
Still able to withstand pain, loss
A place where anger turns to joy
Where hope can resonate

~SMF, 3-22-12