Longing for the Sky

Within my heart there burns a fire
An ardent flame still seeking more
Eclipsing all I could acquire
Surpassing all I once adored

It burns to ascend ever higher
Until it learns to leap and soar
It changes thought and turns desire
And yearns to fly home to my LORD

When

When the time has come and then has passed
When the final day has arrived at last

When faults and failures fade away
When light is brought here by the day

When darkened glass is wholly broken
When unwritten words at last are spoken

When question’s answers count no more
When how we played outweighs the score

When guilt and strife trip and fall
When all is nothing and One is all

When we have failed and thus have won
When eastern sky reveals the Son

When all is seen that was afore
“When” shall not matter anymore

And Now (the remnants of a fleeting dream)

And now at last I find
My heart and soul are blind
To all I left behind

And now the world is sore
And now I long for more
It was not enough before

And now I carry on
Though hope is all but gone
It still infects my tone

And now questions matter less
And now I must confess
That I made my own mess

And now I leave it all
And now I humbly fall
And now I heed His call

And now my self is ended
And now my self is mended
And now I am befriended

And now my joy is full
I cannot tell the whole