My Ancient Love

My Ancient Love


My heart is in a perpetual state of ST elevation
At the very mention of Your name,
 I feel nothing but imploding passion

Your love,
barenaked before my soul
Every inch of sacrifice at the Calvary,
A treasure I hold so ever earnestly
This feeble heart
 struggles to grasp its enormity
A spiritual love affair
that conquered a solipsistic humanity

Your love shoots across the millennia
Withstanding the test of time
Constant and unchanging
Boundless and everlasting
Impenetrable as a mighty fortress by the billions
Immeasurable as an uncharted abyss
Undefinable and uncontainable
In the wonder of this sublime revelation
Encapsulating Your love in man-made words
 is indeed a Herculean attestation

But all I know is
I find comfort in knowing
that You loved me first
You desired me first
even before I learned to desire You
You knew me first
even before I had the knowledge of You
You were attracted to me first
even before I was knitted together intra-utero
Like a magnet to metal and black sand
You drew me in


While riddled with mortal wounds
You thought of me
From dawn til mid-sunset and noon
Your eyes were fixed towards me
Palms ripped to the dermis
Soles sloughed off
Gastrocnemius severed
Bathed in crimson, You endured

Oh what unconventional courtship!
What extraordinary betrothal!
In my imperfection, ugliness and shame
You found beauty and premium!

You knew that I was poised to seek You
I was predestined to find You
And I was bound to love You

As You locked me in Your tender gaze
Akin to silver and gold
All the earthly treasures foretold
Since the beginning of time,
In Your eyes Jesus,
This has always been my worth.
I am loved.

-LMN-
9-25-17