strip me naked, deteriorating worth bruised and broken, perfect porcelain façade hidden degradation, Holy love unearth vulnerable prey, inescapable **** mended by the Healer, washed clean in rebirth loved completely, though ***** and stained and flawed allure unimagined, inconceivable wed in white, pure, beautiful, receivable
anticipated return, He's coming back in victorious glory, He holds his bride with Him, restoration; there's nothing I lack when the notion of grace settled in, I cried hesitant, yet desiring your closeness timid, wrapped in your gentle arms, I confide many times I tried, my head won, and I stopped teacher of trust; I, as Your own, you adopt