Hymn of My Heartbeat

Rain falls and the grass rises up

Next thing I know it's returned to dust

I watch but my window's painted shut

What do I have to show for all these months

The world keeps turning

And I'm just getting older

For all my yearning

I can't make it go slower

The human burden

Lies heavy on my shoulder

Even if all I did was breathe

Would you make a hymn of my heartbeat

Stars whirl as our planet careens

Through an endless void at breakneck speed

Shadowed by the mountains I see

How very temporal my life will be

The world keeps turning

And I'm just one of billions

For all my yearning

I can't shake these ambitions

The human burden

Of making my existence

More than just one more living thing

That's born to be deceased

Something that matters in some scheme

Of higher, holy things

Knowing for sure that You'll use me

Somewhere in your masterpiece

That even if all I did was breathe

You'd make a hymn of my heartbeat

Be still and know that I am God

I was, I am, and I will be