Climbing the Heights

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

We sat like this before

We sat like this before
You and I
While I'd wait
For you to walk
Through that door

Might again
It come to pass
That day then
Would it be our 
Last

I have known
Many friends 
Yet none compared
With you

You who
Took me in
From the first
While I waited 

For the moment
I debated
Should it be
Would it be

At last
And then
The moment past

Then again
Peacefully
We spent a time
Short sublime

Then the chance
Then it came
The letters 
They grew long

Till at last
Their longest
Stroke awoke 
A fear

You were not there
It could not be
So away
Away from
Me

Days past by
Then the seasons
Wandered in
From spring to
Winter

Then again 
Till at last 
The thought 
No more

Surprise
At last 
When least
Expected 

A flutter
A chance
No hesitation

Then a time 
Of bliss
The season
Of waiting
No more

We walked
Together 
You and I 
And it was
Spring

But then the summer 
And the desert
A mirage of the mind

And a longing
An oasis
Might I find
In this weight

And through
The wind
And the storm

My faith
In question
My hope remains

Through the doubt
Through the pain
You will come again

And then
In time
Will find the joy
Of once we knew

Save now
This time
Hath grown 

Hath warmed 
To the bone
No more alone

For now no doubt
We are home
By His grace

This dance begins 
Where we embark
Who can know

Save the stars
Of night
And the faith
We share 

Will stead us
On from the dark
To the dawn

He shall carry us
As always
Through the waiting
And debating
Steadfast

-Joshua Lee Foist

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