Purgatory

"God, we have no idea where we are going. We do not 

see the road ahead of us. We cannot know for certain 

where it will end. Nor do we really know ourselves, 

and the fact that we think we are following your will 

does not mean that we are actually doing so.  

But we believe that the desire to please you does in fact

please you."  Thomas Merton

+

As I walk through winter's mist

I cannot see ahead or even know 

if the jaded sun will break through 

and guide me back home to you.

But I must not wait for certain light; 

I must go on through my dark fears,

bitter tears, failing sight,

for your gentle, wordless song 

nudges me always forward, urges me 

ever on.


(2 Nov. 2013)