I've Loved You

A poem

I’ve known you

Before anything was…your breath of life was within me

I’ve loved you

Mere words can’t explain

A passion enveloped in 1 Corinthians 13

A royal king and queen

You’re mine

I’ve bought you at price

No not with money, silver or gold

I bought you with my own life

You’re taken

My church my bride

The greatest love story from the inception of time

But I can’t have you

My love is righteously jealous

Too blazing hot for your lukewarm

No more long nights waiting for you to come home

My yoke is easy yet you take on what is hard

Pleasure has become your god

A little sip of strong drink

Stripping you of the purity I created you to be

No I can’t compromise

I placed eternity in your heart

All that is fleeting will never satisfy, please depart

His romantic ways can never fill that hole

Run! Her kiss will steal your soul

I’ll change you back to who you were

You must decide

I cannot wait forever

The end is near

The last days are here

Stop looking through screens and scrolling through pages

You’ll never find your reflection where light does not exist

I alone can mirror this person you’re trying to fix

Come

It’s morning and you’re hung over

Yet, I will take you

Throw it up

Regurgitate all the remnants of your past

Because I still love you

And no amount of sin can change that

Hold my hand

Stretched out across this wooden cross

I’m dying to reach you

So draw near

Peel back all the layers in my presence

I see it all

The several coats of fraud blanketing your flaws

My blood will wash you

Like bleach beyond the stars

Don’t be ashamed

There’s salvation in my name

I can sense your fear

I know you’re afraid

What if the world leaves me behind?

What about the dream job I hope to find?

What if my lover doesn’t wait for me?

What if getting high makes me feel free?

But surely surely I profess to thee

All you will ever need is found in me

For what lies before you will soon dissolve

This flesh, this body will one day evolve

Listen carefully for I have much for you

Let my holy word pierce right through

Bear with the stinging hiss of conviction

For the cut is part of the transition

Sit still as I turn up the heat

The fire is key in this refinery

No need to search too far

For I’m right where you left me

Come just as you are

I will fill your empty

My river never runs dry

I love you

There’s no need to hide

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

YES! Issa poem by yours truly! I hope those lines resonated with you. Happy Resurrection Day Bingers!!