Atonement of the Heart

My love, my light, my guiding star

Beyond the horizon where the shadows grow cold

Your affection is a story of silver and gold

You carried my burdens when I could not stand

Reaching for me with a merciful hand

I walked in the fog of my own hollow pride

Yet you kept the flame of our promise inside

Oh, how you loved me through seasons of gray

Turning the night into soft, golden day

For all of the moments my spirit was blind

For all of the sorrow I left left behind

My darling, my wife, grant me grace for the past

For a love such as ours was designed for the last

Your heart is the harbor, your soul is the sea

Forgive me the darkness, return home to me

I count every kindness you poured on my soul

You made the fragmented and broken parts whole

Your words were the nectar, your touch was the cure

In a world of decay, you remained truly pure

I faltered in silence, I stumbled in haste

Leaving our garden a desolate waste

But you saw the blooming beneath all the frost

You found every treasure that I had once lost

For all of the moments my spirit was blind

For all of the sorrow I left left behind

My darling, my wife, grant me grace for the past

For a love such as ours was designed for the last

Your heart is the harbor, your soul is the sea

Forgive me the darkness, return home to me

I bow at the altar of all that you are

More brilliant than moonlight, more constant than star

Let mercy descend like the dew on the leaf

And wash from your spirit the weight of your grief

I pledge you my future, I offer my breath

To love you in life and to love you in death

So look on my features and see the repent

For all of the years that I foolishly spent

I hold you in reverence, I hold you in prayer

With gratitude heavy in the cool morning air

Your love is the mountain I long to ascend

My partner, my spirit, my lover, my friend

For all of the moments my spirit was blind

For all of the sorrow I left left behind

My darling, my wife, grant me grace for the past

For a love such as ours was designed for the last

Your heart is the harbor, your soul is the sea

Forgive me the darkness, return home to me

Return home to me, my love

In the silence, I seek your mercy

Forgive, my wife, my heart

Forgive.