Cleave to Breathe

February 28, 2016 by Wil Triggs in Breathe

by Alyssa Carlburg

Alone, I cannot breathe.

I cannot find reprieve.

I can only weep and grieve,

Because, to You, I refuse to cleave.

With you, I am still and know

How you desire me to grow.

My tears no longer flow,

And my heart is aglow.

Alone, fear grips and seizes.

Hope flits away on wayward breezes.

Sin ravages and rends as it pleases.

And, nothing I do calms or eases.

With you, I am still so I can go

To share Your love to and fro.

When I am brought low,

Then Your Kingdom can grow.

With You I can freely breathe.

I find my soul’s reprieve.

I have no reason to grieve,

And to You, my soul cleaves.