HALLELUJAH

I heard a pulse beneath the snow,

A quiet truth I used to know,

A trembling note that somehow still rings through me.

It rose and fell from light to night,

A memory burning faint but bright,

A woman learning how to shape her hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

My faith was fierce, I burned with fire,

I held a storm of old desire,

I feared the things I’d see if I looked through me.

You reached with open, steady hands,

But I was lost in shifting sands,

And all I gave in return was hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You said my name like fragile grace,

A lantern lit in empty space,

A kindness shining brighter than it needed to.

I wore that mercy like a shield,

But every truth we hide is revealed,

And even wounds can echo with hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I walked alone through years of frost,

I chased the dark, I counted loss,

Afraid that claiming love meant losing something too.

But every step that brought me home

Undid the nights I walked alone,

Until all that’s left to offer is hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I’m not restored, I’m not brand new,

I’m still the same uncertain truth,

A steady, battle-worn voice calling out to you.

Yet here I stand with open breath,

A winter hymn defying death,

With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah… Hallelujah…