guilty heart's desire

I am guilty my Lord of stirring up love before its time
of tasting of lips that were not mine
of stirring the heart to feel open and free
to love someone who did not love You or me

I am guilty my Lord of not heeding your words
of listening instead to the lies of this world
of thinking that love is a right, a coming of age
of treating a road to marriage as a game, a lust-filling stage

I am guilty my Lord and now penalty I face
complications and weary hearts left in its place
a remedy is sought in this request of mine
that You bury my love and awaken her when it is time