You put a cast on me

You’ve put a cast on me

I can’t move, I can’t speak

Feels like I’m drowning

in the open sea

You’ve put a cast on me

I can’t move, I can’t sing

Feels like I’m burning

Unable to flee

I toss and I fret

I have shouted empty threats

But still

You put a cast on me

Wasn’t I good?

Didn’t I try?

Why couldn’t you

let me hide

so comfortable,

the shadows

my bride

But You

You put a cast on me

I’ve grown silent here

there is life

inside these tears

My frustrations

It made me assume

But I realize now

what I thought was

a cast

was really

a cocoon

Thank you Lord,

for You,

You…

put a cast on me

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New Zealand