WOULD YOU LET ME BE

[MIRIAM JACOB]

WOULD YOU LET ME BE

by JUSTINE


You are mine, that's what I call you.
I named you with a name,
and everything you needed I would grant,
except you wouldn't let me.

I watched your tears as they fell,
and I imagined you would call.
Indeed I was closer than you thought,
But you would not let me be.

The pains and agonies,
sorrow and griefs you bear,
I would help you carry if you would let me.
Because I know how it hurts,
I know what it is to be rejected.
Betrayal was my companion.

Nothing you suffer is alien to me,
I would weep with you, and smile with you my friend.
Imagine your hairs, are any known to you?
yet none of them is unknown to me.
I call each by name,
and I have numbered them.

Would you ever call unto me?
I wonder what I wouldn't do for you.
I'm consumed with love for you,
yet you throw it back at me.

All that is mine, you would have.
indeed I am willing, only if you would let me,
Because I am He from whom you were hewn,
your very source and origin.

From now on,
I will be your Defender and your God,
I will watch over you and embrace you.
My jealousy for you consumes me,
I love you and you are mine.



- JUSTINE
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