Midnight rolled by half an hour ago <br />Though it seems so short a time to spend <br />I know I’ve read these words before <br />But I’ll read them all once more <br />So the war inside my head will end <br /> <br />It’s been a while since we’ve had time to play <br />Please don’t think I’ll forget about you <br />But the time is so hard to find <br />When greatness and sinners are locked in my mind <br />And I know they’ll just tear me in two <br /> <br />But what a sight when I met you <br />So brimming with joy in that wooded key <br />Crossing paths with hardly a word <br />It moved me, how strongly I heard <br />What your kindness was saying to me; <br /> <br />“Lift the weight off your chest <br />Under His divine rest, <br />You’re more than you’re trying to be <br />I know the path may be steep <br />But like the one hundredth sheep <br />You’ll always be someone to me” <br /> <br />The wind chilled us through on that cold autumn day <br />But what a heart I saw in you <br />To meet the lost ones where they stand <br />To hold their unrepentant hands <br />And beg them turn their hearts anew <br /> <br />We could text the whole darn night away <br />My burdens weren’t just mine to bear <br />How many giants could I face <br />To make me worthy of that place? <br />Now darling, let me take you there <br /> <br />Whether singing hymns on stage <br />Or rhyming words on a page <br />Your love is as deep as the sea <br />You’ll make this city stand still <br />And like the tree on the hill <br />You’ll always be someone to me<br /><br />Cory Fox<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/through-thick-and-thin-2/
