PIERCE MY HEART FOREVER LORD

I speak only of Life.

And you say your eyes only perceive death.

With whose eyes

does a blind man perceive?

Only Love can perceive.

Only Love can give,

the One breath that causes Life.

I speak only of Life.

That Life shall,

Pierce my heart forever Lord,

lest I should forget.

By whose eyes

this blind woman perceives,

and by whose spirit

this woman is wrought from within.

DEANNA WEST © 1996