And now to be a dream to dream
Desire drifts away and hours
Into endless day
Away away oh such futile thoughts
The life of man as vapor drops
That dry in the sunlit sand
If even to drink
Upon that ocean of dew
To drift down that green
And ease through the earth
In a backward birth
Seems better
Than waiting
And no action taking
When energy subsides
Into weary regret
The thing of which was lost
And we'll have none of it
Our pride denied
And humility
Spent
Repent
Our ways
And long for praise
Oh savior
Hear a restless soul
Who yearns to be
Made whole again
The breath recedes
The sigh fades
And eyelids gaze
O'er the gray haze
Where might the color
Return
Where my the joy
Learn
Return
To that which
Already is known
The failure - It seems
The nightmare of dreams
Is conscious again
And there is no waking
From it
So here
And now
Upon the sea
Give way to hope
And let it be free
To wash its course
And welcome
Me
For mine was lost
And found may be
But strength I've lost
To draw it home
Oh savior
Thou art life
So fill this void
I have naught
But hope in thee
Thou art sure
Thou art true
Died that I
Might live
Anew
So life
Of life
Renew
And draw me
Near to you
For dark the hour
And distant
The day
That dawns
The break of spring
When winter seems
The only thing
So warm these bones
And fill these veins
Thy scars revive
Thy blood my
Life
-Joshua Lee Foist
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