To Be Like You

How do I be like you? How do I love like that? So selfless and perfect Laying down your life Giving your love to the hateful Putting yourself in harm's way So they can have a chance Even if they won't ever take it I want to burn like that A thousand suns in my heart Burning with love To think not of my own need To have none really But only to be consumed With the thought of another One who does not have it This dream of you in his heart Oh to be like you That is all I want To pour out the cup And know that peace That only selflessness can bring That death to the man I made myself to be That your life May be all that I am Let it be Let it be if it cost me all My teeth, my fingers...my eyes What are they? Next to an eternity with you? Close to you A friend by your side A companion you trust What else could I want? That even comes close? You are my portion Come burn me Let me be consumed In the fire of knowing Put a coal to my lips And terrify me If only for a better chance To be more like you So awesome in love So unfathomable In beauty and grace Who shines like you? King Of Glory Stephen Pursell, 9/22/15