Longings
There’s a longing in the soul
A piece of me a-waitin’
To let loose to the love within
There’s a longing in the heart
Filled, full and overflowing
Ready, ripe and expectant
There’s a longing in the being
Which knows there’s more of a meaning
Then keeping all this flowing within this
Wretched soul
There’s a piece of me a-waitin’
With so much, that I’m bursting
Ready, for the giving to another
Of similar yearning
But ready, and ripe as this heart may be
God tells me to be awaiting
For His perfect working
Though I am ready,
And the clock seems to be delaying
God knows the timing
And He tells me
I may share this yearning love
With a distressing, and weary world
The secret in my waiting is, He says
That if I share this love abroad
In His perfect way
Then and only then
Will I truly be ready for the one of similar yearning.
~Anna Dunlap
This is the first poem I've ever written. I was inspired through watching two lovers, and while I yearn for the day which I have one to love in such a way, I realized that this love that God has gifted me with doesn't have to suppressed but can be shared with all the people he puts into my path. For love is something which is not divided, but multiplied... It grows and the more love I pour out the more that God gives. And thus, my poem flowed from this desire for a companion, but greater yet from the realization that I must wait, and though I feel ready, the time as not yet come...So in the meantime, I have the joy of sharing the love God gives me with others.
