Humility

I've run the race with none and with grace Stumbling to the finish line I've seen the cracks in the screens of their facts Crumbling into the mine Holes filled by bold will Spit in the face of time What you know now and what you'll somehow Will merge in the direst of truth Blindest decision and kindest incisions Based on the barest of proof Balancing acts, talented tracks Lead from the cowlick of youth Humility makes belief possible Humility makes the creek crossable Babies on stilts and flowers that wilt There's not a thing that don't fall Searching the depths of the deepest adepts It jumps up a word you can call Make it your own, the clothes that you've sown Could come back and cover us all Belief's tight belt cannot cover itself No, it must strap foundation to other Into the jungle, away we must rumble What's left for the warrior but blubber Maybe not much, just something to touch To smear on the eyes of a lover Humility makes belief possible Humility makes the creek crossable We are not here, but here be no fear The staircase, it goes up and down The master who laced the stones in their place Only can smile, cannot frown Big, small, leap, crawl It's more than a game to which we're bound I know it's not simple to kneel at the temple The act in itself's of import You won't say his name unless it's in vain But He can accept the contort Pride falls, sides call Longing for peaceful report Humility makes belief possible Humility makes the creek crossable Once you have stepped, you've nearly o'erleapt The hardest brook you can cross Once you look back, there's nothing you've packed That you cannot now toss It floats away, needing to stray Out of the ledgers of cost I can no longer touch the mountains of much That I climbed to get there from here The walls I descend are now my best friends Their memories I must now sear Into my brain, scarred by the rain Collecting in one final tear Humility makes belief possible Humility makes the creek crossable Humility makes belief possible Humility makes the creek crossable