Spiritual Allergy

A spiritual allergy can take a toll,
it’s such an awkward quagmire that I’m in,
there is a constant battle in my soul,
my allergy to either grace or sin.

Could it be that it’s both that cause my sneeze?
I can’t tell really which one makes me sick,
it’s not a flesh, but soul-eating disease
that makes me want to give them both a kick.

The struggle brings a strange paralysis,
the wishes whose reward I can’t afford,
desires whose allures make me dismiss
my reconciliation with the Lord.

I can’t get rid of it, nor yet embrace
my allergy, O Lord, to sin and grace.

                         by Pete Voelz     5/26/14