A modern psalm of despair
(because life is not all roses)
Lord, don't abandon me! I need you more than ever I can't feel your closeness I can't feel your presence In the darkness, faith is blind my hands are groping feeling for the unfeelable clutching for the untouchable Oh, Lord, make a way for me to reach you I am alone and I don't know what to do My tears fall on desert ground where nothing grows where loneliness pervades barren and empty desolation miserable hopelessness desperately needing a miracle Lord, send forth your spirit and make me come alive again Show me the way to new life where in your presence is fullness of joy and streams of living water Oh, I need you but I can't make you come to me, I can only wait Oh, the utter helplessness, wretched creatures are we Lord, don't abandon us! Have mercy and save us!