I rejoice, a Bride, unwedded, but wearing the ring I consecrated to You, I am Yours already;
Jesus, lover of my soul, listen to the musings of a girl, given over in her soul to irrationally loving You; I knew it was ridiculous, the more I confess it, the more true… and the more incomprehensible seems my love for You; You no more tangible than the ghosts I keep dreaming
Up into the realms of heaven, the unseen, the imagined, but becoming more and more real.
What would You look like, stepping out on our earth… stepping into these fragile vessels,
Of dust and of earth, as we give You ourselves… or as we try to hand off clay jars..
Over to Potter; Father, do you see me, Your daughter, as I’m drifting away,
And sailing all through life in a rocking bed of dreams, Your lullaby of mystery—
Fasting through a day to capture like morning dew Your sweetness… entranced and enamoured
By the overwhelming presence—Your kiss on the mouth, the first I have tasted,
You touch in my hands, My heart only races and runs in the song of my inscreasingly hungry
Mind… to just stand and behold You, to worship, to find in You beauty the fullness of longing;
The words flood my mind, and my spirit begins falling, sinking away crushed and dashed
Onto You; I’ve broken, I’ve lost all, but it’s a hopeful romance, so different You are, my Lover,
While fading I grasp You, You cradle me while all others would attempt to receive and yet
Since I could not relinquish my hold on the gift I needed so badly to give, away from myself,
Too toxic to live with. You inebriate my soul with one wift of Your love… offering yourself
To drink, Your Holy blood offered in a chalice, from the wound in Your side…
Water of life ever-flowing to drench me with life, to fill me with brimming care.
The weight veil I keep covering with, the lacey flowers encircling my brow, like a crown
Woven to give You the glory of my head, the covering for which I bow my heart and relinquish
My might, the wavering strength I had overcome by the light in Your face that my heart sees
When to You all is given, light catches in my gaze and fills up the eyes of my soul.
As I am stilled before You, a day in Your company alone with others…
My soul becomes emptied with longing and desire, as I drink in Your wonder.
The pslams gladden my heart and overcome with miraculous hunger I place all of my time
In the moments of today, back into Your heart, and invested I long to stay hidden in the cleft
Of Your arms… I’m still seeking the face in the dark, the knowing of Your in a world
Where we cant feel You… but in each other, in imagination… teach us what it means
To create Your love in this world, here… this heaven on earth, love without strife.
Be with us, Jesus, come into our hearts, find a new home here, the kind we’ll never
Be content with and allow us to give all our hearts away, and into each others’ hands,
Entrusting to You the inmost of our being. Make me after You.