Posted in Poetry

Your Tenderness

When darkness surrounds me

And all seems lost

It’s to you I run and I remember

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Holds me fast

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Heals my soul

My spirit is thirsting

Looking for love

You’re all I’m needing and I remember

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Holds me fast

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Heals my soul

Help me remain in you

Never to leave

Your speak to me heart and I remember

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Holds me fast

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Heals my soul

O Lord, O Lord

Your tenderness

O Lord, O Lord

Your tenderness

I’ll always remember

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Holds me fast

              Your tenderness

              Your tenderness

              Heals my soul

              O Lord, your tenderness

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