Secret Place

I don’t live in the noise

I dwell in the shade

Not under opinions

But under the Name

You look for safety

In numbers and walls

I stand where the terror

Can’t reach at all

No siren owns me

No rumor decides

I don’t negotiate

With the night

I dwell in the secret place

Not visible, not afraid

Under the shadow

Where fear decays

A thousand may fall at my side

Ten thousand burn in the fray

It will not come near

Where I stay

You talk of pestilence

I walk untouched

You measure risk

I measure trust

Arrows fly daily

At noon and at dawn

But I don’t move

When the lights go off

Traps snap shut

For those who chase

But the snare forgets

My face

I dwell in the secret place

No headline, no alarm

Covered, not lucky

Held, not charmed

I won’t be shaken

By numbers or flame

It will not come near

Where I remain

You say “collapse”

I say “written”

You say “chance”

I say “given”

Because authority

Doesn’t shout

It stands still

And waits it out

Angels don’t rescue

They enforce

Orders older

Than force

I don’t fear the terror

That stalks the street

I tread it down

Under my feet

I dwell in the secret place

And I know His Name

When darkness hunts

I don’t explain

Length of days

Clarity of sight

Salvation isn’t escape

It’s position and right

So don’t ask me

Why I’m calm

While the world breaks rank

I made my home

Where panic can’t