When was it last

When was it last

That I gazed upon 

Your loveliness

For all my wandering 

Heart pondering

Still you wait

Patiently you wait

For me to lose myself

And find you

For I all the while

Without a clue 

Am lost in this

Remiss in the hours

Of which I have missed

Longing ever for belonging

Yet with you

There is nothing

For me to do

Thy will before

My waking breath

Was life beyond death

A joy unquenched

By the drought 

Of life's disappointments

For here the roots go deep

In the soil of thy saving grace

To drink deep of thee

Tis no great gift than you

Oh to wade within

Thy quiet waters

To rest in thy gentle embrace

For all life's troubles 

Are but bubbles

Waiting to burst 

Upon the break

Of this wonder

When all awakes

To this life anew

Thy strife is lost

In joy becoming

The great waltz

Of mere existence 

Breaks its form

To fashion free

Upon thy glorious symphony

And loud and wondrous be

Thy bridal ceremony 

For at last

Hath come home

To thy King

And won his hand

For all eternity 

The Lord of all creation

Is mine as I am His

-Joshua Lee Foist