Of Long Have Been Departed

Of long have been departed
This heart have broken
And been in a wake
Of doubt and fear

Yet still you are there
Though death depart me
And friends regard me
As cold and bold I find
My conflict within

Thy word remains
No condemnation now
I fear not for thou art with me
Yet grieve I the change
And know this season

Purposed it too
Whether die today
That more I may
Live for you

This I pray
May I always
Do

Your love is true
Betray my heart
You will not

Broken I am
So let thy love
And light shine in
And through the pores
Of my soul

No more to live in fear
But faith become more
My prayer acceptance
And reliance full
Upon you

Resting in thy promises
Sure for though waver oft
I in sin and shame
You always reclaim
My heart and know it
By name

How come I by
Such love as this
An unbridled kiss
Betrayed

But you always
Have stayed
And given all
That I may know
What love

Was always intended
To be
Free and boundless
Pure
And sure of all
Intentions

So pain me
To keep me
Upon the narrow path
That nothing else

I desire but you
And thy words
Are true
Give me oft
And only
Thyself

And in this
I shall be satistfied
And content
In all other things

-Joshua Lee Foist