Lux
Beloved, crown of light
The reason that I live and breathe
The end of my plight
To calm my restless, wandering heart
Apart from you
I don't see the things I ought to...
Truth, beauty and goodness
Are a futile pursuit
When I try to find them
In anything else other than you
The gift that I didn't choose
But I now earnestly pursue
And will continue to
For the rest of my days
Because where God wills, there's a way
And I'll follow that path
All the way to the grave
'Cause not even a coffin can stave off love
No matter how often it tries
It survives the great lie
Covering a multitude of sins and b*llsh*t
And there you sit --
The princess of my peace of mind
A constant reminder
Of mercy so sublime
Seated on a throne of wisdom
Gloriously created forever to shine
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Submitted on July 06, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 738 |
Words | 149 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4 |
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