Burning

A yearning burns within my soul,
A dream of holding a life of my own.
A fire that burns my heart to ash,
for it is still a dream beyond my grasp.
Why does my heart grieve for this dream,
When I have all you have given me?
Seeing the dream fulfilled all around me,
Feels like being stabbed in the heart,
leaving my heart and soul in tatters.
This yearning is so deep and real,
That I feel its who you've created me to be,
Yet I find myself staggering over the pain that I feel.

Is this how you feel Oh Lord?
Is this the pain that you feel each day,
as you watch your children turn away?
Do you yearn your children the way I do,
for them to come running back to you?

Lord,
Why can I yearn for you,
Like I yearn for this dream?
Will a greater presence of you,
fill this void that I yearn to fill?
Even though my heart bleeds with this yearning,
I will give it to you, Oh Lord,
and trust in your loving Will,
and wait for the day,
when this dream will be fulfilled.