the one
so many things i could call you but none capture what you are to me
i talk to you daily
read your love letters and fall
willingly
deeper
into you
for didn’t you say
if i delight myself in you
you will give me the desires of my heart?
when i talk about you to other people
they say
why would you follow someone like him
why do you spend so much time with him
you're changing
beyond recognition
losing yourself
becoming new
but how can i not when you give me things they don’t
and never will
for didn’t you say
if i accept you in front of everyone
you will accept me in front of your father?
your love is astonishing and gives me joy i cannot contain
the more i learn of you the more i desire your presence
am impatient for your words
your thoughts
your commands
i treasure all that you give me
slowly,
s l o w l y
i am learning to wait on you
for didn’t you say
if i hope for what i cannot see
i’ll wait all the more patiently?
you gave up everything for me
i must do the same
ignoring what people say
ignoring my selfish ways
for didn’t you say
i am the only way
the truth
and the life?
in all that i do i will always choose you
you are my lover
my provider
my friend
my comforter
and my savior
for didn't you say
above you there will be none else
i shall worship you only
my God.