A New Vision

A day is lost as the night is found
A safety left when new cries resound
Each journey must finish before a new one can start
Each life must end to meet the Beloved of its heart

With each lost hope and broken dream
With every anguished cry and silent scream
A path is illumined, a purpose one can glean
A new door opens,  a meaning can be seen

Every confused thought, every seeming rift
Every misfortune is a blessing and gift
We must learn to look deeper at the darknesses we face
And we will see that they are truly illumined by His grace

Remoteness

A longing lives within every human being

The foundation of the great masterpiece which is our transcendent soul

A yearning for purpose, for attachment, for meaning

For a light to diffuse the darkness within us, to make us feel whole

And so we search for an answer to quench our thirst

A remedy for the ceaseless hunger we feel within our hearts

In the depths of material existence we become submersed

Falling victim to earthly happiness and fleeting passion's darts

Remoteness consumes every heart and mind

Feeding our confusion with its anguish, its fire

In its terrible heat we become blind 

Attaching our hearts to everything but their truest desire

Yet the want we feel within us is not numbed 

By the deception and distraction we use to silence it's cries 

For within our veins it's question has always drummed

Searching for a light it knows is there, no matter how we veil our eyes

The answer to its query is within our convictions

It lives within each of us, closer than our breath, our limb

For the remedy to all the world's afflictions

Is absolute trust, obedience and remembrance of Him