Life of Rachel

Find a single loose thread
Unravel the fabric of my being
And I won’t dare stitch myself back up

This is the undoing
Where you are leaning in
And gently brush your fingertips
To my trembling lip
So softly you greet me with a kiss

My defenses fall apart
Like the shadows of the night
When dawn breaks dark
I can’t hold it together

A smile curved on a face
So sweet it makes my heart ache
Affection; not a spark
What undid me
Was the steady flame

When your mouth formed words
And you didn’t waver
When you sang our song
My knees grew weak
My lungs burned with life
Because I finally remember
The songs that we used to sing
Together,
Just you and me

When I was young
I would have wanted to
Belong to a lover
Naivety thought a human man
But there is another
Far more lovely, who sees
My everything and still chooses
To love me, through and through

Take my hand, you implore

I beg you, “Take my whole life too
For I can’t help
Falling in love
With you”

…You’re the fulfillment of all I desire
You are more than enough for me.

“What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”