My Life is

my life is forfeit

it is not i who live

but You in me.

who am i, that i should gain

from Your reward?

yet You say "child,"

and i question, “afford?”

you were sold for nothing

you will be redeemed without money

and can i ask this? no. it is You.

You ask me, You asked first, You.

You thought, and it was made.

You moved, things changed.

You felt, the world melted.

You breathed and You made me.

my life is forfeit,

you see,

i’m not like

other men

  i am dead

     and

   i live.