I have loved you too late,
Beauty so ancient and so new.
I have loved you too late.
You were with me but I was not with you.
I was away from you, running after the beauties which you have made.
The things which exist only through you kept me far away from you.
You have called, cried out and pierced my deafness.
You have enlightened me, and my blindness is
banished by your brightness.
I have tasted you and I am hungry for you.
You have touched me and I am on fire with longing to embrace you.
Powerful words by the catholic saint, Augustine.
He was a sinful man who turned back to God in his later years.
Retrieved this from his Confessions and thought I would share it's beauty.
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Leigh