testimony
I’ve tasted a slow burned romance after the fire was cool
Sipped it slowly and felt it sizzle on dry ic
Wishful thinking
and whiskey gone sour have turned my bittersweet
I have ransomed hope for second guesses and last chances
Memories of you will have to suffice and satiate
the decadence of regret
Until
the substance of my longing quenches the languish in my heart
Until
we collide in another life or a remembered place and time
Until
we see face to face pressed lips and eye to eye
Until God says yes, amen and prophesies the beginning from the end
No matter what I will cling to the essence of you
at the root of my apple tree
at the root of my apple tree
Like Adam and Eve
Like Isaac and Rebekah
Or Ruth and Boaz
Like diamonds and topaz
We were made to believe and conceive the impossible
Promise has a process
And before a seed blooms it’s buried in the ground
A treasure is sometimes lost before it’s found
I am stripped down to the nakedness of my truth
Vulnerable in my conviction to pour out my offering
Even if it means watering the soil where roses never grow
Even if the wind never blows
Summer remembers Spring and Winter never forgets Fall
My ear is inclined to the whisper of your call
I hear your soul even in silence when it speaks
Deep calls unto deep
Fairytales are laced with knights in shining armor
And fables of fair maidens being swept off their feet
I just want to sit quietly at a dinner table or in a room writing poetry
Sipping tea and watching you breathe
Helping you build the foundation of a blissful eternity
Simplicity distilled down
Two matching crowns
His and her towels
Showered clean in yesterday’s purple rain
Purged and purified in purpose and pain
Sacred in the pursuit to possess the miracle moment
I can’t let go so forgive me if I lied
I tried
You turned my water into wine
My stony heart changed a spirit of heaviness into an oil of gladness
My mourning into dancing
Like embers from a forgotten flame easily kindled with a kiss
Or the brush of skin on chastity’s canvas
Love lasts
I’m a witness and this is my testimony
So let the mountains be removed
And let the power of light fill our dimly lit room
Until the sun and moon declare holy matrimony
Until the fruit of forever is birthed
Until heaven meets earth
The value gained in loving you will never lose its worth.
