Feed me not lies

Feed me not lies
When lovers eyes
Make fools of me

For scarce my mind
Made myths of musing
Did sing of thee awhile

But scorn in me defile
For tis all of wrought
The afterthought

Of what to think
Such shallow truths
Should lie in me

Awe for vanity
A veil concealed
In thy hand may yield

If twould tell the tale a truth
To but know thee as I do
And still thy heart to woo

For in time
This momentry crime
Doth wash away

And bright the day
That may yet come
When I with thee

And thee with me
As one may agree
If ere the day should be

Then come oh gentle night
And scare thy stars to flight
That dawn the day

Make yawn of night
And hold thee
In my sight

For I should
Call thee to me
And ne'er depart

-Joshua Lee Foist

Eden lies but everywhere around

Eden lies but everywhere around
Yet others are lost underground
Trapped in the seemingly profound
Yet mundane distractions
Of superficial attractions

Who may gaze upon
The face of glory
And not ache
To speak of
Its story

Birds lost in flight
Caught in the sheer
Delight of the dawning
Day

Whisked away
On wings
That wade
In the winds
Of thy wonder

Drink in the dew's delight
And dance in the daylight
Of all such radiance
Recite thy extravagance

For the hope of heaven
Lies open to eyes that see
Of ears that hear
And hearts that long
To be free

-Joshua Lee Foist

When words can scarce

When words can scarce
To wordlessly speak
May these groanings
Of mine

Say what words
Cannot relay
My heart
My love

My troubles
My pains
Of all that
Surges
Through my
Veins

May it ever
Beat true
May it always
Live for
You

Between the dawn
And twilight
May my delight
Ever be

All for thy
Great glory
The endless
Story of life
And its
Purpose

-Joshua Lee Foist

When all life's rough and qualm

When all life's rough and qualm
Doth seem to embalm
This tattered soul
To its bitter end

May this one hope
Remain through all
The doubt and shame
Thy truth thy love
Tis better still
Than all the rest

To but hide all sorrows
And fears that plague
Throughout the years
Upon thy breast

Thy joy doth beat
Steadily within
No other strength
Can carry

When all reason
Has this mind
Forsaken
May this soul
In thy full
Control
Be taken

Whether in good or ill
May this troubled heart
Seek thee still
Through all storms
And seasons

For no other reason
Than this
Thy grace
Thy love

Canst none
Compare
All other things
Despair

Yet beyond
All yearning
A hope discerning
Seeks thee still
For thy love
Shall carry
Through all
Things

-Joshua Lee Foist

Oh to that day when my faith

Oh to that day when my faith
Shall be sight
When all my wrong
Will be made right

For all such fleeting desires
That ere perspire
In me
May they yet
Seek that which shall
Ever be

Let not my desire be for
A feeling of gratification
But for the one
In whom my soul
Is satisfied

For his gift is complete
And shall never cease
So may my heart
In Him find
Peace

-Joshua Lee Foist