Posted in Poetry

Crying Out For Mercy

Your mercy Lord

O your mercy Lord

I cry out to you

For your mercy Lord

My cries echo throughout my soul

On the edge or the ridge

Screaming out your name

Why don’t I hear your voice

Your mercy Lord

O your mercy Lord

I cry out to you

For your mercy Lord

Where I’ve been invades my mind

The hurt inside that dwells

The marks that prove the pain

Where were you then

Your mercy Lord

O your mercy Lord

I cry out to you

For your mercy Lord

Breathe your words into me again

Rushing like the wind

Hold me in tight embrace

Show me you’re here

Your mercy Lord

O your mercy Lord

I cry out to you

For your mercy Lord

I love your mercy

I love your mercy

I love your mercy

Healing me inside

Hold me in your mercy Lord

March 2025 – Parish Encounter Retreat: second day, silent afternoon hike part one

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