Friday, February 29, 2008

• Dark Night of the Soul

   

   

  Dark Night of the Soul

  8/25/07

   

  How long, O Lord, have I waited for you?
  But your presence I can not feel.

  I seek you in this darkness,

  But your truth is not revealed.

  My prayers all go unanswered,

  I hear no voice to calm my fears;

  I turn my face toward heaven,

  But I feel no hand to dry my tears.

  Why have you forsaken me

  Within this desolate place,

  Turning my joy into fear,

  And my hope into disgrace?

  I try to find a way to be

  A light to shine for you,

  But my own heart has been dimmed

  By the absence of your truth.

  For this test I am not ready;

  I am lost within this maze.

  All I once was sure of

  Is obscured by shadow’s haze.

  Where are you, O my Father;

  What makes you stay away?

  I need your Spirit’s understanding;

  For mercy have I prayed.

  Yet as I lie here in my solitude,

  I watch despair unfold.

  I am isolated from the light—

  A true dark night of the soul.

   

   

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