The world wears a mask

The world wears a mask
That pleases and presses
Promising Nothing
And taking everything
All for desire
Deluded and dead

It teases it toys
With minds
It joys in their jealousy
Tis selfish and sickening
Ever quenching the truth
Once trusted in

Released and ravished
I find at last
Tis all a lie
Before me

None holds true
None but you
And you
Would you
Remain still

The demon has left
And rotting remain
This glorious stain
Unrecognized in shame

How can anything good
Be found
What hope lies beneath
What purpose lies
Within such a disguise
Of sin

Yet you rush in
Without a thought
Or care
You love with a love
So rare
Unfair
Tis seen beyond
What one deserves
It loves for
The sake of love
Itself

Such love cannot
Be raped of worth
All beauty behold
It must remain
None can defame
It shall ever be

So rush to your arms
Unwavering still
All longing
All thrill
All joy
Is still

Within this love
None can endure
To remain
As before
All broken
All formed
In failing
Prevailing
This one
Is true
This one
And only
You

So to this first love
May none other compare
May none other take place
But thine and thine alone
In grace
Till in time
Shall see thy face

Till then in faith
Shall follow
Faithfully
For all the moments
That remain to be seen
Endure

-Joshua Lee Foist