As to return

As to return
I once more
To this place

Wherefore all
My wandering
Seems a disgrace

Yet still
Embrace I
All that you

Have brought
Me through
What love

Is this
That steals
This kiss

Remiss
And sacrifice
All for me

So change in me
And humble be
My heart

For that which
Is hard pressed
Upon me

Bring me
To thy side
Always in thee

May I abide
And fear be
Fleeting

That all my
Hope repeating
My heart

Still beating
You in grief
In sorrow

Today
Tomorrow
No other

Shall I borrow
For thy grace
Enough

So now
Love within
Defend

And depend
I all on thee
And courage

Come
That I may
In thee

Be one
In mind
And spirit

And share
This love
That you

Alone
Have brought
In me

So now
We change
Though once

A child
Was I
Now I

A man
And mirror
Within mirror

Shade within shade
This hope that will not
Fade in passing

Reminds of where
We begin
And where we

Shall one day be
Face to face
And fully

Know
As we are
Known

-Joshua Lee Foist

Reminiscing as I Do

Reminiscing as I do
Upon the morning scene
Reflecting on the things
That had been

And that which may yet be
For in my naivety
How oft I thought of my will
Than thine alone

So as to that which lies
Yet ahead
So guide me
In thy grace

To seek thy face
In all things
Thy faith secure
Shall guide me

For all my desires
Become thy own
Thy divine power
Shower over me

And lead me
In thy pathes
Of righteousness
Till that day

When all shall
Be made new
And at last
I shall be
With you

-Joshua Lee Foist