Emptiness

This is something I wrote last November. Near to that time I had been meditating on how God takes care of me and He is all I need in life to be truly happy. One of those nights I was walking from my bed to the bathroom to get something- in total darkness, trying to find the door-handle, etc., and the allegory of a lost person looking for the light came to mind. It's at times like those that I get an inspiration to write... and this is what I came up with.


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Alone with nothing in the dark,
Not a sight, not a spark-
This state I'm in is emptiness.

As confidence in self grows less,
My hands extend in ev'ry way,
But no matter how much they sway,
Though walking in a single line,
The guiding light i cannot find.

So, I linger in this emptiness-
My confidence grows even less.
I stumble over things not seen,
Feel evilness engulfing me.

My heart cries out for One to come,
Expressed in sorrow from my lungs:
"Please help!" I plead, "And help me see
The Way that YOU have meant for me,
I'm dead; My life I now do give,
Pray raise me up that i might live!"

Then in a moment my hands clasp
The doorhandle between my grasp.
I open up that sought-out door.
With all this my confidence grows more,
And swiftly darkness slips away
Along with nighttime into day.

All at once the path comes clear,
Illumined by the One Light near,
And because of death and brokenness,
My Lord has filled my emptiness.

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God is truly the ONLY one who can fill the gap that things of this world just can't seem to satisfy. And, when he does, it far exceeds anything that this life has to offer. Remember that. =))

God bless.

~chris~