That I May Die

That I may die to my flesh and not live
That I may long in the spirit and absent in the flesh
That my mind be renewed
That my vile body be changed
Here with me I bring
Here with me I cling
Here with me a pure olive oil
Beaten unto the light
That my lamp may burn continually before thee

That I may die and not live
Dead to my flesh, alive in my spirit
For unto for the spirit I've come to cling
Extemporaneously I write ambidextrously
They say I'm idiosyncratic
I say it's not fortuitous it's a privilege
To die is gain, I will.