Loving You A Little More

Many yesterdays have passed
Since I lost you to your dream
Today is here and you’re lonely -
Your tears an endless stream
But on the days you’re missing
What life you left behind
Know that you are never absent
From my heart, my soul and mind
We cannot reach each other now
The distance is too great
But when I hold you I will know
It has been worth the wait
Our Father is so pleased
With you, His precious child
For Him you gave up everything
And on you He has smiled
So when you stand alone and weep
Upon a distant shore
Know that when He looks at you
He’s loving you a little more.

Plateau

Where am I
That I can’t feel You
Yet I hear You
Like You’re in the room with me?
How can I
Sit here pretending?
Life’s not all it’s meant to be
For me
Lost in the darkness
Surrounded by light
My heartbeat quickens
As You draw near
Stay with me
Though I’m fallen
Broken, scarred
Don’t walk away
My soul is screaming,
“Come!”

Burn

My heart’s aflame
With holy passion,
Can’t You see
I’m burning?
God, I’m longing
With everything
Can’t You hear
Me calling?
Deep within
My soul is weeping
Precious tears, Lord,
Are falling for them.
Desperate for
My generation
I hit my knees
And cry out Your name!

After All

If I could see you one more time
I’d want to tell you again
Thank you for everything you’ve done
You’ve been the best to me
After all
After everything you went through
You still came back
Helping me off my knees
Please, Shane, understand
Know that I’m trying the best I can
Yet there are still times
I can’t shake you from my mind
Your face consumes my thoughts
Your voice dances in my head
And I can’t sleep tonight
Because there you are again, after all
Helping me to my knees
So much more than just a friend
You were my confidant
My truest friend, always
There’s no rhyme to this one
There doesn’t have to be
Because this poem, it seems
Is just between us two
I want you back
Can’t say you’d stay
Your selflessness
Consumed you.
Can’t meet you ‘til eternity
Sometimes it seems so far
Away from where I am now
Seems so far to go
I look at where I’m at
And can’t help but think I’m blessed
To be alive, ‘cause that was
Your one wish…
After all
Your amazing soul
Is flying above me
You’re around me
Shane, I could repeat your name
Time and time again
But even that won’t change tonight
I wish I could see you just once
When you catch my tears in your hand
Please bring them to our Father
To mingle with His own so we might
Be united, and I might not forget
After all
He gave His Son for you and me
Jesus died to set us free
So here I am, after all
So with our tears in your grasp
And your love in our hearts
Dying, we live
After all

Always

I can’t live without You
I can’t live without You
And so I’ll follow like a child
In the shadow of Your wings
‘Cause I can’t live without You
I’m on my knees, Jesus
Stay close to me, Jesus
I’ll stretch my hands up to the sky
I’ll wait for You, don’t pass me by
‘Cause I just can’t live without You
I can’t live without You!
I just can’t live without You!
I can’t pray without You
I can’t rise without You
I can’t stay without You
I would die without You
…And so I’ll follow like a child
In the shadow of Your wings