So often changeth

So often changeth
These many desires
In me I have sought

Yet thee
Ever remaineth
Thee changeth not

So am I caught
Between the spirit
And what I want

My desires often
Fade from one passing moment
To the next which is but here
And then surely gone

Such waste
These precious few hours
Polluted in pride and petty perfection
Which can never achieve
All that I hope and believe
Tis wasted
For this instant satisfaction

Indeed it too
Hath near but lost
All attraction

And now addiction
Hath taken me
With its affliction

And I am bound too it
By pure fear and submission
It hath cost me that

Oh, to be free
To follow after
That which I once knew
Was faithful and true

Did cost me little
And much
Yet gave me
Everything

All desire
Satisfied
Fully

And found
In faith
Within that one
Who restores
And renews
All joy
And longing
To its proper
Place

So the soul
May at last
Rest
At peace
Within
That sweet
Heavenly
Grace

-Joshua Lee Foist