Lately
there is emptiness…
a shadow that has settled over my heart.

There is no pain with this…
…this dreary land of
doubt
heaviness
uncertainty…
…only hollow grayness resides…
in this shadow that has settled over my heart.

There is no feeling with this…
…unless dullness is a feeling.
It is nameless…
…this shadow that has settled over my heart.

There is threat with this…
…this deprived place brings
yearning
need
dread…
…demanding to be whole,
to be soothed.

Fill me, O Lord,
I pray…
…so I may not attend to
the emptiness
the nothingness
the loneliness.

Fill me, O Lord,
I pray…
…so that I may feel
Your comfort
Your peace
Your love…
…today.