Season For God

Save me, please, 
from this vile thing in me. 
God of my soul, I beg, 
transform this abomination. 

For my flesh lures me in 
to tear me down, 
and I can’t bear the shame 
any longer. 

Don’t let me sink 
in these dark waters, 
this terrible swamp 
I fell upon too far 
within myself. 

Take my burden of guilt, 
Oh God, this drowning hazard. 
Cleanse my wicked heart. 
Purify my thoughts, 
and lend me a precious lumen 
to live by. 

For the way of the world 
is sorrow and death 
in an endless lake of night. 
but You are the clear 
wellspring 
of the only holy light. 

© 2024, S. Naify