Before You Know

tswv yexus cev nwg txhais teb

I could bring a painting
One worthy to be hung in palaces
With colors unimaginable
Delicately brushed with artistic skill

I could bring a song
Reminiscent of a melody you once knew but forgot
One that moves you not with words
But with chords never before heard

I could bring fields of flowers
Of every size, scent, and species
Of which have never been planted
And never before offered to other loves

I could bring the finest foods
The choicest wines, the fattest portions
Of harvests never before gathered
On platters never before served on

I could bring every single penny earned
Every day’s wage, gold heaped up in vaults
Crisp and shiny
Enough to make the richest man envious
                        
I could gather planets
Stars
Galaxies
Universes

What I couldn’t do
Was imagine that all You really want
Wasn’t stretched out on canvas
Wasn’t composed in a song
Wasn’t grown in a field
Wasn’t prepared in a feast
Wasn’t obtained by riches
Wasn’t found in celestial places

The offering You want
Is the thing we trade for all of the above
The thing we break of others
And the thing we hand over for others to break
 
The thing You desire
Is my heart

And Your promise is that in my sacrifice
In my offering
I am not losing anything.

In my offering,
I gain Everything.

Ariel Yang

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