lance saint ash

bleeding only then

set my weary body down

burden off this terra steel

I’m crippled from weight

 Of the knowledge that I wield

And I can’t believe I do this

Can’t believe how thick I am

I think and think forever

‘til it’s more than I can stand

I get frenzied in my want

I get desperate in my need

I get so confused sometimes

I forget what I believe

And I push myself to guess again

I feed upon the doubt

Is what’s in my heart in His Head?

I beg and plead and vow

Only then do I remember

Only then do I perceive

What the three nails and the cross mean

As I’m bleeding on my knees

Only then do I respect Him

Only then do I please

To the Triune God who loves me

As I’m bleeding on my knees

bleeding… only then

Great is Thy Faithfulness, Lord, God, to me

© 1998 lance saint ash