Climbing the Heights

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Only of this bread

Only of this bread
May I be fed
For faltering 
My fears and doubts 
Have led

So often seeking
A substance far more toxic
And superficial
It takes more than it gives 

Yet thou art far more rich
Thy flesh far more nourishing
For thy wounds become 
My grafting sap of life

Far more than I 
My soul doth find
I find more wealth
In kind

Thy words thy only hope
I find in this drought 
For in the desert
I feed and find 

All my soul doth need
Thy words are life
Thy sacrifice my
Salvation

No other way but thine
So cling I to the vine
And drink full
Of thy holy wine

-Joshua Lee Foist 

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