S/O?

Blessed are we

who in our time provided

have collided with destiny

free to see what untold bounty unfolds

I’m sold on trust

before this body begins to rust

I’ll break the crust of the former me

free to see if this once more can be

the sea of my iniquity dried

the surprise that lies inside this wide

swath of cardiovascular pride

might I and she coincide in this moment

to show it, it being the world

that our lives unfurled can be superimposed

upon one another

in a glorious tapestry

more complete than she and I could ever be

apart? I start to believe

that god’s love for me

might allow somehow one last shot

the thought had almost gone

that my heart could sing a new song

I was wrong

for rising in me

is the righteous crest of liberty

that sees in the eyes of someone new

a future that hides a clue

to fuller happiness than I have seen

in so long I never thought it could be

again. I sinned in my lack of faith

but god’s grace unending

has visited me and is tending

my heart back to the start

of where it should be

a place of open acceptance

and grace, for that which I give alone

is what I can expect to take

and so with hope in my gait

I embark again on this day

toward a legendary goal

that if fulfilled

will thrill my god and me

I’ll see his true love

and be eternally grateful

that even one such as me

could see a grace so great

it overwhelms me

Can this really be?

It’s hard to believe and yet

These signs I see

beset my senses

and those I love all agree

it is she who will set me free

and I can’t help but wonder

had I not said yes to a friend

how pitiful my life might now be

thank god who lives in me

that my destiny is now free of despair

and the air has filled me

with dignity

I face life now not alone

but with the spirit of god shone all around me

you will see

when we are together

the light in me will exceed

all previous limits

I’ll spend this second half of my life

free from the strife of life

alone. Instead I’ll be known

as happy and kind

and my S/O will show

how far we both can go

when god has shown

us both what we never thought to ask

the task of loving with his heart

a partner from whom we will never again part

I think this is the start

of the filling and recovery of my heart.