ATTITUDE

It can seem to be alright
Life just chugs along
What’s that chip your carrying
It seems to speak first
In your face
In your walk
In your eyes
Attitude
Angry at what you don’t know
Pride
Lifting you higher than you should be
Arrogance
Can’t see past the log in your eye
All the while
You’re losing yourself in the desert
Sneaking up like a shadow
Coloring everything it can
Shaking your intention
To live for Christ
Yet you find
It’s all about you
In your
Attitude
Looking down on everything
Haughtiness
Lest you get contaminated
Selfishness
It’s got to be my way
Oh when will this end
This battle over who will lead
Is it you or Him
The One who died for you to live
When will you stop
Feeding your flesh
Just to starve the spirit
When will you stop
Quenching the Living Water
How it does cost
To pick up your cross each day
And follow His lead
To obedience to death
Oh let my attitude be
One of humility and grace

Angel Barreto