Posted in Poetry

Trust in Me

Look at me as I look at you

Trust in me for what I call you to do

There’s a still small voice in my heart

It calls for me to never depart

To hold on tight to his love

He says to me coming down from above

Look at me as I look at you

Trust in me for what I call you to do

My life finds meaning, a reason to live

A grace to love, he does give

Humble and meek I want to be

In all things he calls out to me

Look at me as I look at you

Trust in me for what I call you to do

March 2025 – Parish Encounter Retreat: third day early morning adoration

Posted in Poetry

The War

The earth trembles below me

Darkness pursues my heart

An immense war rages on

And my weakness emerges

Without you I crumble

Consumed by eternal chaos

I struggle to reach for you

Crushed by the weight

A light flickers far off

What feels unreachable

Break the bonds that hold

Please come get me

I fear the black hole

Looming at every turn

Don’t let me give up

Stop me from running away

Before hope abandons me

How I long for your embrace

Warmth to shut out cold

Calm the trembling

Be my whole strength

Purify the hidden tears

I’m lost and broken apart

Wandering the barren wilderness

Water nowhere to be found

Quench my parched soul

From myself I need saving

To be held together

As I crumble apart

When the evil one knocks

Lock temptation’s door

Guide my every thought

I need you in my life

It’s my only way to thrive

The only path to joy

My only way out of darkness

I’m scared and falling

Break down my steel walls

Win the war for my soul

During Adoration 2/12/23