Lord

let your peace

wrap my mind

with hope

for the darkness

has descended

and my soul

cries out.

Whatever lies behind

is of no account,

and the future lies unformed

and nameless

before me.

somewhere, somehow,

there will be answers

but today

I am scared and quite alone.

You hold my eternity.

you see my life's span.

history bears witness

to faith's survival,

even in the face of hopelessness.

when all is summed up and packed away

you are not found distant or remote.

so I draw my comfort

from a heavenfull of witnesses.

I will continue to wait,

whether faithful

or faithless,

for I cannot summon heaven,

only heaven can summon me.

the miracle now is my surprised hope

in your intervention.

In spite of my fear,

the struggles of my heart

will continue to hope,

even in the midst of

this darkness.

whilst flickering and splutteringthis little candle refuses to die.

A father's prayer

I hear your pain
but I cannot carry the hurt
your anger has found it's mark
however the rage is yours.
I would take it all
if I could
but that would deny you
your journey.
you wish me to be,
but I simply am not.
acceptance may be hard
for both of us
but the truth is all we have.
bone of my bone
flesh of my flesh,
my dear child
I too am hurting
for I am also a child within
still growing
still changing
trying to grapple
with the all of life
that is uncontained and restless,
flawed and failed.
I can only show you
how to deal with the wrongs
for the right always escapes
into the land
where perfection lives.