Have I Loved?
Tell me...
Have I loved lately?
Through the briars, pricked my heart to love
Tell pray...
Soon as the burst of light
Fills to the brim
Have I loved?
Too soon, we pull from thorns
Scathe from shadows past
Wallow in collection of self-indulgence
Pray tell!
Have I loved?
In this cycle, we feed none
But the weeds of pride
'Til thorns grow round the heart
Letting no love in, nor love out
What then lives?
What then dies?
Take apart the heart
To save what is left
As each compartments grow small
In its love
Half a heart given,
Half of half shall return
Until thorns grow hard and thick
Like corundum
Yet corrodes easily in spite
Like chalk
What then is left?
What then is gone?
What then...is love?
I pray, Lord, should my heart
Give way to hardness
That you break it to pieces
Wet the debris with Your grace
And mould it once more in Your healing
Then I shall say to You,
Oh Merciful God!
"I am saved by Love!"
Saved from the pride
Saved from the thorns
Saved from myself
Most Gracious, Most Gracious...
Should fear take hold
And shackles bind my mouth
Let me smell Your Mother's roses
To remind me of You
Let my heart be as fearless as Yours
To choose Love each time,
To take in the wrath and hurt of others,
Lift them up to the Father
And it shall be gone
Then, oh then, My Lord
My lips dare say,
"Ah..."
"I have loved..."
Written October 12, 2014
Finished October 23, 2014
