For twelve years
plus three, O LORD,
my heart has been bleeding
and for the same season
I did not believe
it could heal.
For twelve years
plus three, O LORD,
my heart has been breaking
and for the same season
no one would touch it
lest they break too.
For twelve years
plus three, O LORD,
my heart has been suffering
and for the same reason
you spoke to it:
“Have faith.”
Too many years,
bleeding and broken.
I have issues, O LORD.
Mend my rent heart
by your grace
to peace.
on Mark 5:24-35 and Joel 2:13, with a nod to Julia Michaels’ Issues