[Poem] Love in six measures

I

My soul's dried up
Like a flower in the desert
My soul thirsts for Your presence
That only You can quench.
Let me drink in the cup of Your goodness
Get me drowned in the sea of Your greatness
End my dry season O God
And let Your love rain over me.

II

A life I lived in lack
Is a life of lack in You
Where art thou O God
I long to dwell in Thy presence.
I now stand before You, Lord
I stand in awe of You
For the distance has weakened my core
So I run towards the fortress of my soul.

III

My eyes lathered in world's wickedness
As I long for a perfect kinda thing
Yet I found nothing but emptiness
And walk away with the feel of brokenness.
Show me Your glory my God
Shine Your face towards me
I long for Your presence O God
For my whole being is crying out for You.

IV

I run far and so fast
Away from the light of my God
I hasten til the end of it all
Thinking I really can be far from my Lord.
Wherever I am, You're there
Wherever I want to be, You'll be there
For You are everywhere I go
There's no escaping Your stretch from east to west.

V

I'm sold on life's mediocrity
I resigned to the plans of greatness
I resort to take my own route
And steer to a life I take on my own.
But Your plans are better than mine
So grand, so huge, so greatly divine
Why should I bother to question Thee
When my future is sure and O so Thine?

VI

My security is in You
I am bound to greatness of Your view
My tomorrow is set in Your eyes
So I long to look straight to Your eyes.
You're divine, I couldn't stand it
I don't deserve to have a sight of Your face
Your word's enough for me to believe and hold on to You
Only by faith and not by sight.

-mmp 2march2013 11:10am