A LOVE LETTER; A PROPOSAL TO THE BRIDE

AGAPE, AGAPE, THE TRUTH HAS BEEN LOST;

  THE TREASURE WAS BURIED AT SUCH A GREAT COST.

 INSTEAD OF RECEIVING THIS LOVE THAT IS FREE,

   AGAPE EXPRESSED FROM JESUS TO ME,

I LEAVE MY BELOVED AND TRY TO BECOME

   WHAT SOUNDS SO RIGHT TO EVERYONE.

THEN, THE BURDEN GETS HEAVY AND I CAN’T SEE

   THIS LOVER THAT’S STANDING THERE CALLING TO ME,

TO SHOW ME HIMSELF AND TO WALK ME THRU

   EVERY FRUIT OF THE LIE THAT THE ENEMY GREW.

I’VE BEEN CALLING TO YOU SINCE ETERNITY PAST,

   COME, KNOW ME, BELOVED, MY LOVE WILL LAST!

WOULD I MAKE MY LOVE LABOR AND WORK FOR BREAD?

   WILL YOU STOP?  WILL YOU LISTEN? WILL YOU BE FED

BY YOUR LOVERS HANDS THAT ARE FULL OF PLEASURE?

   BECAUSE, MY BELOVED, YOU ARE MY TREASURE

THE GREATEST LOVE, OH, CAN IT BE,

   YOUR AGAPE THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME?

I’D LIKE TO BE WHAT YOUR HEART HAS SPOKEN,.

   TO LIVE IN A LOVE THAT CAN’T BE BROKEN.

COME WITH ME, MY LOVE TO OUR SECRET PLACE.

   THERE IS NO CONTEST; THERE IS NO RACE.

EFFERVESCENT LOVE THAT WILL FAR SURPASS

   TRYING TO SEE THRU THAT CLOUDY, DARK GLASS.

FACE TO FACE WE STAND, MY LOVE AND I..

   AGAPE HAS SLAIN THE HEART OF THE LIE.

I WILL SEND YOU OUT, BUT NEVER AWAY.

   YOU’LL ALWAYS HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

YOU’RE IN MY HEART AND WE ARE ONE.

   YOUR LIFE WILL SHOW WHAT WE’VE BECOME

THIS LOVE AFFAIR WILL ALWAYS BE

   IN THIS LIFE NOW AND ETERNALLY.

THE GREATEST LOVE, OH, CAN IT BE,

   YOUR AGAPE THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME

YOU DON’T REALLY THINK, AS YOU READ THIS CHAPTER,

   A PERFORMANCE OF THIS IS WHAT I’M AFTER?

I’M DESCRIBING MYSELF IN MATURITY,

   READY TO GIVE TO YOU ALL OF ME. (ICor.13)

I’VE WOOED YOU FOR YEARS, THRU YOUR INFANCY,

   AND ADORNED YOU TO BE PRESENTED TO ME.

IF YOU’LL SAY, “YES”, WE WILL BECOME ONE,

   APPROVED BY OUR FATHER FOR ME, HIS SON.