In the Fury of the Storm, a Prayer...

In times like these, when life so fragile hangs
By scarcely more than just a single thread
An inch above Destruction’s fatal fangs,
My fearful heart is weighted down with dread;
And though You’ve promised never to forsake,
And ‘neath Your wings I know I am secure,
So often still, my faith is wont to break --
So often still, I’ve doubted what is sure.
O Lord, remember I am naught but dust!
Through ev’ry trial, give me grace to stand
Unshaken, for in You I put my trust;
Uphold me with Your great and mighty hand.
Within my soul, command the storm to cease;
And keep my heart, O Lord, in perfect peace.

-- c. noel (2008-ish)

I Can't Believe I Did That.

Well who'd have known that stoic I
Would make myself a fool for you?
To all my pride I said "goodbye" --
And did what I could never do!

No Other

I cannot make you fall in love, my dear;
But I will love you with a love so true,
You'll have no other choice but to admit
"No other ever loved me as you do."

-- Yours Truly

Blue

Now even most lonesome of roses, Blue
Has found that impossible love so true!
Still nothing I say, and nothing I do
Is ever enough to satisfy you.

- c. noel

Heart Laid Bare

I'll love you through the winter frost
Though your love is cold as ice
No other love will quite suffice
I'll love you when all hope is lost

-- c. noel

Words

I speak far fewer words than he;
And when I speak, it's quietly.
I hope someday you'll wake and see
My love is shouting endlessly.

-- c. noel

"Thrive" -- Switchfoot

"I'm always close, but I'm never enough
I'm always in line, but I'm never in love
I get so down, but I wont give up
I get so down, but I wont give up."

-- Switchfoot (singing my story)

Love Worth Fighting For

I asked for love that can't be won too easily;
I asked for love I'd have to fight to call my own.
I thought I'd fight the world, the odds -- but who'd have known
That my own heart would be my greatest enemy.

-- c. noel

From "Strange and Beautiful" by Aqualung

"I've been watching your world from afar
I've been trying to be where you are
And I've been secretly falling apart
Unseen

To me, you're strange and you're beautiful
You'd be so perfect with me
But you just can't see
You turn every head but you don't see me

Sometimes the last thing you want comes in first
Sometimes the first thing you want never comes
I know that waiting is all you can do, sometimes"

Persistence.

My quiet love has boldly spoken;
I love her, and forever will!
My love -- rejected -- is not broken;
For silently I love her still.

-- c. noel

Wish

Your hopeful heart is so unsure --
You wish, oh how you wish you knew
If all my reckless words were true,
If all my quiet love is pure...

-- c. noel