All is Vanity

September 17, 2013

The burden and weight have come overwhelmingly again

Instead this time there is no relationship to mend

Because there is no relationship.

This time I'm learning

and by jealousy nobody's respect am I earning

and I have to not be jealous

For how could I try possessing someone as if I owned them?

We are just two people who have exchanged information about our common grounds

and I am just a desperate fool seeking out love

I was once told that if it's the right person, but the wrong time

its the wrong person

so I must learn to be patient

But in that I must not exclusively see her as the only one

as I've done in times past

because that can really hurt

and I'm not that strong

God will provide.

Matthew six testifies to that

and I am so immature in my thinking

Idols are the corruption of man's heart

and this one calls out to me when I'm sleeping

and when I'm waking, walking, thinking, and drinking

Idols promise to satisfy

without a reason they permit the lie

that in view of God, there is something better

And I so often listen

and like a kindergartner who thinks they can fly

in my vain attempts I try

Substituting all that God has for me for simple indulgence

of love, security, and pleasure

instead of Him, a sinful measure

Be my affections O' Lord

and drown out my pursuits

bring me to You and You only

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