A Plea and a Praise

you are the best part of me
from the early hours of the morning
through the weaning light of the evening 
you 
are what makes me lovely

you put me on like a glove
you made me for yourself
you are the oil
that sustains the lamp within
the glow beyond my skin

Lord, deal with me
according to your mercy
I am chasing him
while you are chasing me

this division in my heart
it tears me apart
I don't think I should feel this way
about the right counterpart

have your way in me Lord
because I can't afford
to be lead by my emotions
for they shift 
like the direction of the wind
oh
how easily I bend
and break
like the waves in the ocean