Harlot

OH MY LOVE ALTHOUGH YOU'VE GONE
AND PLAYED THE HARLOTS PART,
I HAVE STILL RESERVED FOR YOU
A PLACE WITHIN MY HEART.

AND I HAVE SAID IF YOU WILL TURN
AND COME AGAIN TO ME,
SURELY I'LL NOT RECOMPENSE
FOR YOUR INIQUITY.

BUT YOU WOULD NOT SO I COME
FILLED WITH TRUTH AND GRACE,
YIELDING TO THE FATHERS WILL
THAT I MIGHT TAKE YOUR PLACE.

I DID NOT DIE FOR YOU ALONE
THAT DAY AT CALVARY,
FOR THE SINS OF ALL THE WORLD
WERE ADDED UNTO ME.

SO NOW MY LOVE YOU MAY RETURN
AND SEISE FROM ALL YOUR SIN,
FOR I MYSELF HAVE NOW BECOME
MY RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR MEN.

RICHARD A PALMER