When I feel nothing
or when
what I feel is 
a 

vast 

emptiness

endlessly

echoing 

sorrow – 

then is when 
I fall to my knees 
in gratitude
for Your mercies! 

then is when
I praise in wonder
the Light of Your Love! 

For then is when 
my eyes open to see 
this: 
without Your mercies, 
without the Light of Your Love, 
I would know not 
how bleak my place,
I would know not 
to seek Your face.