Come and Drink

When my spirit is thirsty
Parched from the days of endless strife
Look around for a little wine, some water
Anything that might satisfy

See, I’m still out here in the desert
In a world full of restless souls
All the sadness, lives in turmoil
Dried up my senses – can’t taste no more.

Then you say “come and drink”
I say “why, what for?”
You say “I’m all you need”
I say “I’ve heard this all before”

I fill my cup with so many distractions
Lead me astray, yet I deceive
Myself with haughty notions
Of what my life could really be

I’m still not willing to surrender
To you, a foreign deity
Without sitting down at the table
I’ll taste your cup, but don’t expect me

To turn from skeptic to believer
Without a moment between you and me
When I can lay it all before you,
The hurts I still can’t seem to let go of –
Then maybe I’ll have that drink.

You say “I am the living water”
I say “I’ve heard it all before”
You say “I’ll be here when you’re ready”
Maybe one day, hopefully
I’ll fall down to my knees, and say
“I need you Lord”

11/12/18 
clc