Anxiety, I Know Your Name and Your Game

Is that you anxiety

I think I know your name

The feelings you bring

I recognize your game.

You come attached

To the news of this world

To times and places

Ugly flags fly unfurled.

You leave us unsettled

We want things to be serene

You leave us in a mess

Or is peace too much of a dream.

Explosions left

Explosions right

Coming during the day

And in the dark of night.

Shootings on the left

Shootings on the right

Kids are out protesting

Offended by our slight.

The news cycle is full

Of all manner of things

That raise our angst

And make us dream.

We feel our humanness

Down clear to our core

Sometimes we wonder

Will we face what we abhor.

We have no trust

Of the man in that position

He stirs us up

We are his opposition.

He tells us lies

Day in and out

Our friends believe him

Sanity is in the middle of a drought.

We choose up sides

We blame and shame

But peace is what we long for

Our human game the same.

Looking for who to trust

Safe places an absolute must

Living anxiety free

In that place we long to be.

And from the storms that rage

I want to find a sweet reprieve

From the things that tear at my soul
Just breathe, I just want to breathe.

What gets us to that place

Is what I oftentimes wonder

It’s because of what we value

That is what I ponder.

Give us rest, O Lord,

From the stress of these insane days

Help us to breathe and march

And reside within your gaze.