Hidden Beauty

September 30, 2021 | Poetry | No Comments

How did I come to stumble upon your beauty, Oh God
You hid yourself in front of me the whole time
Always near, never proud
Your beauty concealed became your beauty revealed
Wonderfully hidden, your heart waited for me to give in

You are so beautiful yet you chose to be lowly
You dared not demand, you waited for my heart to turn to you slowly
You wooed me when you could have bruised me
You chose to hide, even though your beauty had the right to demand all of my attention

You reveal yourself more in the depths than in your ascension

Hidden beauty, you see right through me
I can’t believe you would choose me
What a lovely fate
Yet, your heart would not demand my love
You would choose to wait
You would choose to wait and wait some more
You would wait for my heart to journey
For my deep longing to explore
While you yearned for me to choose you
You desired my love in return to be freely given
So your beauty remained hidden
Until the day I would find you


Oh, now that I have found you I will never let you go
I’ll keep you close. I’ll love you most.
I’ll hold you tightly, I’ll esteem you rightly
I’ll chase you and I’ll find you and I’ll always remind you
Of how much my little heart loves to love you

Now that I have found you, I really hope you will stay
That you would be with me day after day
We belong together you and I
Like wildflowers in a garden

Your eyes are so ardent
Just let me touch the hem of your garment
I need you near
I need you to stay
I don’t want a momentary visit. I don’t want a touch that’s fleeting
I want you to stay and hold me so close that I hear your heart beating
I want to hear the heart that is my healing

That is what I want to be feeling 


You have loved me for so long
In the quiet
In the waiting
In my temptations and my straying
But you were always there… patiently praying
That one day I would turn and see you
That I would see the love you have always been displaying
For so long you kept your beauty hidden
But now my eyes have finally seen you
And I admit I am irrevocably smitten

About Author

about author

Richard Hyde

Redeemed Poet. Hopeful Romantic. I'm prone to have an existential crisis way too often. I live on the Central Coast of California where the beauty of God's creation inspires me to dream and believe. I will forever owe a love debt to my beautiful savior Jesus.