To Ride the Lightning (copyright 1989 Kerri-Ellen Kelly)

To Ride the Lightning (copyright 1989 Kerri-Ellen Kelly)

Walking on the edge of danger
Soaring far from hearth and home
Taking chances for discovery
Though I fear, I have to roam
Learning how to ride the lightning
Born again to feel the all
Breaking down the walls that bind me
Coming forth to hear the call

All the world is all around us
Blind and deaf, I cannot see
Fear to face before my seeking:
If I go on, will I be me?
Now that I am not a mirror
Of the way I am perceived,
If I reach my true potential
Will I be as I believed?

Yet I know the choice is taken
As it was when first I knew
To be whole I'd face all dangers
To myself I must be true
Though awareness has to change me
Though I know no what will come
Each part of me will still be in me
The whole is greater than the sum

I face my fear and choose despite it
To go on and free my soul
Yes I choose to ride the lightning
To touch the stars--to make me whole