Where are You God
why can't You hear me?
I did not forsake You
I upheld Your name day by day
Morning by morning I praised You
I honoured Your name by night.
I walked in Your paths
a man of integrity.
I put my life in Your hands
to cleanse my way.
Don't You know that I am crushed
destroyed by enemies I cannot see
The world as I knew it has gone
I am lost in a whirlpool of pain and despair.
I am cut off from all I have known
even from myself
My anger spills like lava
it erupts like a volcano destroying all in its path
Loved ones quake, uncertain, unsure.
There is no safety in life
Will I find it in death?
Where are You God
why can't You hear me?
I am paralysed
bound by the grave clothes of despair
I am frightened to love
but long to be held
Someone, please find me
ignore my resistance and wake me with a kiss
Will I ever find peace
will I ever know Your presence again?
I drown the pain with ceaseless noise
When will silence be safe? I cannot look to the future
so I will look to the past
When I knew Your love
when I felt Your presence
All I can do is hope that this will come again
because I knew You then as Faithful and True.
Though the darkness hides You from me
I am not hidden from You
I will hope in You, my Saviour, my God
for You will come and keep me safe.
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