I admired that about you
That you would stand
In truth-Trusting that all would be as He intended
You recognized the need and your call
You followed your heart and our Father’s voice
To speak truth
To be love, to represent truth, to act in love
Regardless of the consequence
Oh! the mystery of it, and the certainty of it
Grace under fire, grace in the moment, in the pain
Amidst the pain and the hate, the insistent hate and ignorance
Where I sought convenience
You showed the way
Acceptance,
Sorrow,
Joy
Then and now