MIRRORS OF LIFE
YOUR FAITHFUL KISS
DEAR GOD, AM I LESS A MAN
FOR NOT DOING THE BEST I CAN
TO FORGET SELF AND NOT SEE THE OTHER'S PLIGHT?
DEAR GOD, GIVE ME A TENDER HEART
FILLED WITH LOVE TO IMPART
TO HELP FREE ANOTHER FROM HIS NIGHT!
DEAR GOD, FROM DARKNESS YOUR LIGHT DID SHINE
FROM WITHIN ME TO THIS MIND OF MINE
AND LAID ON ME THE HALO OF AWESOME PEACE.
DEAR GOD, AS YOU GAVE, SO SHALL I GIVE
TO ANOTHER THIS JOY TO LIVE
AND THE SWEET REMEMBRANCE WHEN I CHOSE RELEASE.
DEAR GOD, YOU SAID DEEP IN MY HEART
YOU AND I COULD NEVER PART
AND I CLUNG LIKE IVY TO YOUR EVERY WORD,
NOW COMES THIS TRIAL, THIS HORRIBLE TEST
TO ROB AND STEAL FROM ME MY VERY BEST
AND VOICES SAY MY FAITH WAS SURELY ABSURD!
DEAR GOD, HOW CAN THIS BE
THE HALO OF PEACE SOMEHOW LEFT ME
AND CAUGHT ME UP IN THIS SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED MIRE?
SURELY THERE IS GRAND RELEASE
LIKE THE TIME I TASTED ONCE BEFORE YOUR AWESOME PEACE
I WAS YOUR CHAMPION, THROUGH HELL, RAIN OR FIRE.
DEAR GOD, WHAT A RELIEF TO FIND
YOU HAD NEVER LEFT ME, IT WAS MY MIND
THAT SHOVED YOU OUT FOR ME TO PLAY IN MORTAL'S BLISS,
LIKE A FOOL I MARRIED THE SWINE
AND LET ON YOU WERE NEVER MINE
TO WAKE UP NOW TO YOUR FAITHFUL KISS.
THEPOETSKISS COPYRIGHT 2002
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