Psonnets of Courtship
I Am a Thorn

What if I want to marry and embrace
a body blessed and beautiful and thin
with long and flowing hair, unblemished skin,
and lips like milk and honey to the taste?
What if I also want her to be chaste
until she marries me, untouched by sin
in spirit, soul, and body, if within
my heart, desire has frustrated grace?
If I have prayed and pleaded for a bride,
then why, O Lord, am I not comforted,
my heart's desire left unsatisfied,
my sins, my faults, my conscience buffeted?
Because I am a thorn pressed in the side
of any woman I have coveted.
~ by Michael Rew / Email: witness@psonnets.org