POETRY: DARKNESS

It seems I am too often surrounded by darkness.

Can’t see
don’t know
can’t rest
don’t understand
so dark
all around
so dark to me

But for you, Lord,
there is no dark in the darkness.*
You see every pitfall, all promise, each possibility.

O Lord,
may I trust your sight
embrace your plan
rest in your love
however deep the night.

 

*Psalm 139:12

M. Brown
10.18.15