i will die for my resurrection

before acceptance there is denial, anger, bargaining, and sadness

before the second coming, there is pestilence, war, famine, and death

wound precedes stitches, blood precedes bandage

casualties before peace treaties, battles before victories

this must end before that can begin, you must leave and allow me to love again

heartbreak buys a house that love will call home, truth breaks in furniture that wisdom will recline upon

a deluge is cried before a rainbow is painted, the tree decays before we replant it