Radically Happy

A psalm of Rumi, when her friends discovered her deepest shame.

1. Out of the shadows, I’m breathing,
   out of the silence, I’m found.
   Carrying weight in my chest,
   carrying echoes of sound.
2. What it sounds like when I’m broken,
   what it sounds like when I heal.
   What it sounds like when the night falls,
   what it sounds like when it’s real.
   Selah
3. I have been running from pieces,
   I have been drowning in time.
   I have been holding my secrets,
   I have been losing my mind.
4. What it sounds like when I’m crying,
   what it sounds like when I fall.
   What it sounds like when I’m trying,
   what it sounds like through it all.
   Selah
5. Out of the fire, I’m rising,
   out of the silence, I sing.
   All of the pain I’ve been hiding,
   all of the weight that it brings.
6. What it sounds like when I’m weary,
   what it sounds like when I fight.
   What it sounds like when I’m empty,
   what it sounds like to ignite.
   Selah
7. Out of the shadows, I’m breathing,
   out of the silence, I’m new.
   This is the song of my healing,
   this is my soul coming through.
8. What it sounds like when I’m broken,
   what it sounds like when I heal.
   What it sounds like when the night falls,
   what it sounds like when it’s real.