Leanne Brigoli

Dead of the night,
Your beauty unfolds—
No longer hidden,
Let it gleam.
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Before, I used to break down and cry.
All of these questions end up with whys—
Why did someone choose to say hi,
But later on, he says goodbye?
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Pleased to know thy name,
Ought I to know thee more—
Yonder than what I discern,
Into depths of the words thou dost utter.
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Even nightfall Even nightfall can't extinguish—
Still, Thy glory gleams,
Penetrating every hidden corner
Until daybreak breaks the seams.
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If I will look back and trace my path,
It was all miracles bounded by grace
You took me by Your hand and that was when I knew
I was no longer lost but was found, forgiven, restored and renewed
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It all started like this:
We chose the gap the moment we rebelled against You.
We chose to be severed the moment we sabotaged the order of Your creation.
Sin and shame veiled our faces—
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See how high these tides are—
They want to drown me as soon as they can.
Then I remembered I was like a big man,
Floating in an ocean, finding no land.
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Slow to anger, filled with unfailing love,
Your faithfulness flows through a thousand generations.
The God of compassion and ocean-deep mercy—
You forgive rebellion, sin, and iniquity.
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Through time I sat in stillness
My ramparts are fortified, nothing alike
Vieled with vines, bushes, and trees
I'm enshrouded by Your mystical mist
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