O Lord We Are Such Creatures
helpless and dependent
amidst layers of superficiality
... we exist ...
every thought so invisibly contingent
upon your grace.
moment by moment
caged within our own mortality
of flesh and blood;
like half-crazed prisoners
clenching bars
in search of freedom ...
--- O Lord, we are such creatures ---
the shroud hangs heavy
cloaking hearts
which yearn to speak
and trace
your brow.
burdened and afire,
our souls with groanings strain
to touch to share
to find to know
one single thread of sheer divinity
one silent kiss of holy breath.
--- O Lord, we are such creatures ---
helpless and dependent,
wholly here
in love with you
we reach to taste
your depthless centre.
receive us, O God,
transcend the trails of humanness,
hold us, stroke us
with your gaze ...
laid open in raw humility
we sigh ...
--- O Lord, we are such creatures ---
helpless and dependent
amidst layers of superficiality
... we exist ...
every thought so invisibly contingent
upon your grace.
moment by moment
caged within our own mortality
of flesh and blood;
like half-crazed prisoners
clenching bars
in search of freedom ...
--- O Lord, we are such creatures ---
the shroud hangs heavy
cloaking hearts
which yearn to speak
and trace
your brow.
burdened and afire,
our souls with groanings strain
to touch to share
to find to know
one single thread of sheer divinity
one silent kiss of holy breath.
--- O Lord, we are such creatures ---
helpless and dependent,
wholly here
in love with you
we reach to taste
your depthless centre.
receive us, O God,
transcend the trails of humanness,
hold us, stroke us
with your gaze ...
laid open in raw humility
we sigh ...
--- O Lord, we are such creatures ---
