I lit a match in the chapel, watched the silence catch flame
Wrote your name in the margins of a book that cursed my name
I begged for mercy in the mirror, but the glass just stared me down
And the echo said “You’re nothing,” in a voice that wore your crown
I was chosen, then discarded
Like a prayer that went unheard
You built me up with holy hands
Then broke me with your word
I’ve been rejected, by heaven and by you
Left in the shadows, where the faithful come unglued
You said I was your promise, your shelter in the storm
But now I’m just a warning, a soul that won’t transform
I’ve been rejected—like a psalm you never sang
Like a cross you never carried, like a ghost without a name
I walked the line between devotion and despair
Tried to find redemption in the ashes of your stare
You were the altar, I was bleeding at your feet
But you turned your back so gently, like it didn’t mean defeat
I was sacred, then forgotten
Like a vow you never kept
You kissed me like a savior
Then left me where I wept
I’ve been rejected, by heaven and by you
Left in the shadows, where the faithful come unglued
You said I was your promise, your shelter in the storm
But now I’m just a warning, a soul that won’t transform
I’ve been rejected—like a psalm you never sang
Like a cross you never carried, like a ghost without a name
I still wear your silence like a crown of thorns
Still pray to a God who never mourns
If love was the fire, then I was the smoke
If you were the truth, then I was the joke
I’ve been rejected, by heaven and by you
Left in the shadows, where the faithful come unglued
You said I was your promise, your shelter in the storm
But now I’m just a warning, a soul that won’t transform
I’ve been rejected—like a psalm you never sang
Like a cross you never carried, like a ghost without a name
Rejected…
And still I wait
Still I wait
For grace that never came
Sean_Williamson
