Needing You

I'm needing you like the rose needs rain, Thirsting for love, my head is bowed, The haughty stem now droops from want, Just the thorns are left standing proud, Though I still may hope for the morning's dew, Is this all the hope I'm allowed? I'm needing you like stars need the sky, Never can they change their address, So my wounded heart seeks a home Where it can heal and convalesce, A haven somewhere deep inside of you, Wrapped in your love, no more, no less I'm needing you like birds need their wings To fly to the loftier perch, God can scarcely uplift my heart, So heavy it's grown in its search, When the object of worship is absent, How cold and empty is the church I'm needing you like Nature needs Spring To rub Winter's sleep from her eyes, Tell me your love is just sleeping, From its slumber it soon shall rise, And the sepulcher constraining my dreams Will shatter with my joyous cries!