When oft I wonder

When oft I wonder
How long must it be
And silence in answer me
Tis hard to live (at times)
In adversity

To long for nothing else
For no one else (my first love)
None other but thee

None before or beside
No one else in whom
Truly can I confide

For thoughts are not hidden
From thee
Thine love ere true
Beyond all that I can yet see

When passion desire
Doth run me up this wire
When all are out and around
Passing round
In wonder I

Here stand
And watch and wait
Longing and hoping
Striving to remain
Yet still the pain
Inside is fed

How long to wait
Before the day
Will it come
Shall I yet remain

Or perchance shall it be
That I shall not but here see
That in time twill you and me
None but thee

For though I know
Through ebb and flow
Tis none so fair
And loves as thee

Yet oft I wonder
In moments in passing
Shall I here
Within this breath
Share another
Whose shadow
But sheds a dimmed light
Upon that which
All is right

So fragile so frail
May love prevail
I know but one
Yet still
I toil

Grant me some grace
Till that time
When I shall dine
And see thee
Face within face
But a moment
Shall trace
No sorrows
All cease
Shall rest
In peace
Eternity
Awaiting
In glory
For me

-Joshua Lee Foist