Transparency

Shadows and light played off a colour

clear and transparent

wanting to be seen and known

simply for what it is.

I desire no pretense

no disguise

I am not playing games

each mark and line are visible

close to the surface.

Fragile and easily torn

by wind, rain,

or trampled

beneath a careless footstep.

In such pure vulnerability

I am totally weak

yet in my surrender

I blossom in His strength.

So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [[a]in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful [b]in divine strength).  2 Corinthians 12:10 Amplified