I need to be in love
with one as beautiful as a dove
in faultless flight.
A girl whose piercing glory
entrances me to poetic story
every darkened night.
May she fill me with wonder,
may she never surrender.
For through my love of her
I find God’s necessary ear
and so take my ease.
God above seems to listen to me
through this wonderous beauty
whom I must never seize.
Imagine what terrible horror
to make love to the one you adore
and yet be alive!
Dear and Holy Jesus
I walked this path, and thus,
since I was five,
I claim no crime,
nor nickel and dime
the God who blessed me.
He put me here solely to adore
the sweet feminine door
opening to all of His Eternity.