Climbing the Heights

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Once we danced on the wings of the wind

Once we danced on the wings of the wind
Where it welcomed us as friends
And caught us in its currents
And carried us to places far and wide

Twas nothing from view from which it would hide
Always with us and by our side
So were the days of once we knew

Yet no longer do we
Drink in the dew of me and you
That distant delight has now departed
And severed the bond of which once we knew

Could ere come again
Such a time as this
When friendship
Was so new
As that first found kiss

Where innocence once was with us
Now seasons away
May it ere come to us again
Or have we matured beyond it
Are we better from it
Than before we knew

If all were fresh and new
As that season of innocence
Where once we walked in plain view
Always and often with you
Twas nothing hid there

And now our kisses betray
For indeed you have gone away
Ne'er shall we meet again as friend
Has this truth hung us
Has it dissolved the joy
Or resolved the fear we found
Once opened we our eyes alone

Thought we so wise
To depart thy glorious art
Were we too smart
In our divided heart
Could we not trust
That your ways were best
And your love complete
Was it not enough

Oh that we might still
Return to that which once we knew
Oh that the times less troublesome too
The price of peace is great
And far beyond our reaches to attain

Not without the shedding of blood
Upon thine untarnished soul
Couldst ere bring us to return
To hope as once when we were young

Canst love thine own betrayed
Canst the whore
Once more a maid

Not by human hand
Could it ere be planned
But of devined destiny
Could it be conceived

Yea still some hope to spare
But at the greatest cost and care
To Him to bear our sin

Such love so grand
Tis grace in hand
And perfectly planned
Despite our humbled state
And purged our pride

Can bring us return
To His side
Tis our greatest joy
None else to compare

When at last
To return to our once lost love
Forgiven and found
The betrayer turned brother
And friend
Whose love surpasses all imagining
And ne'er ceases
To give the most profoundest peace
To all who take Him in
Accepting Him who bore our sin

-Joshua Lee Foist

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