Deadly Desires

Deadly Desires

As the stillness felt and seen on a lake

Breaking out of this forest I stand in aghast 

While in there, not knowing what was always here

Waiting to greet me wantonly without a care

I am captivated by what's before me, this place 

To stay is not a question, everything gives me answers 

Looking on I yield to touch as senses beg me to do so

It is such when I look for too long and in me a wellspring I know

It will always be for me, what's been freely given

This will always be my death knell, for it will lead me

I will pick this, from it comes wisdom, despite expressed commands

Dangers are not what I pitched before, fertile, and well-watered

Is it a land where I was enslaved now free and want to return

Longing for what I see, and thought was good, only to realize it's dust

I'll enter a land where amidst honey and milk, I will bow to all that it produces

Not fully understanding that all I understand will die

All the works of men's hands will fail to fulfill the hope that only satisfies

Then as I look at all that present itself, I will look away to You