I'll Take Your Love

If I set my affections on what I think I want,

I'll lose out on love.
If I chase my dark ambitions; if a lie is what I flaunt,
I'll lose out on love.

I'll take your love;

Lead me out of this selfish place.

Without your love,

Life is just a dark, placeless space.

What if set my affections on things above?

Sounds like a plan; I think I'll take your love.

If I run into darkness and tell myself it's light,

I'll lose out on love.

If I sit with the scoffers who tell me wrong is right,

I'll lose out on love.

I'll take your love;

Lead me out of this selfish place.

Without your love,

Life is just a dark, placeless space.

What if set my affections on things above?

Sounds like a plan; I think I'll take your love.

Why do I chase wayward dreams?

Why do I doubt you when they fall apart?

Unstitch these seams; undo my schemes.

Unlace this knotted, untrustworthy heart.

I am broken, but take me anyway.

I am weary, but hear me when I say...

I'll take your love;

Lead me out of this selfish place.

Without your love,

Life is just a dark, placeless space.

What if set my affections on things above?

Sounds like a plan; I think I'll take your love.

© 2021 David Acosta