Strongarm

you're my beloved and all together lovely
as a gift that cant't be bought
as if gold could favor outweigh your meaning to me
the secrets of the heart made manifest
even beauty's priced beside thee proportioned lot the less
wishes fade as dreams break promise made
takes away your will
takes your whole heart captive
just for one promise
sell it all for one true word to hold on to
face the shame of it all
safer to neglect than open your callused heart
piece by piece you have lost a part of yourself
you share to gain but lose at love and learn to hate yourself
more and more each day and all the days thereafter
they labor to put back together and regain what is gone forever
wishes fade as dreams break promise made tomorrow takes
the most costly mistake is to try to change the past today
(what a void)
the filth and the shame they all wash away
for you Christ will clean the slate
only love can fill the void
when the world has taken its toll
hand in hand by your side
we'll walk down this path together
i'll take you to the place where promises will never break
to the advent of a miracle
for love is a miracle
true love is to die for
and is why i cry for you
and the pain you feel and feed can heal
if you'd just walk with me toward the light .