Lord, from Your throne
please hear me.
On this piece of rock I stand in shame
For all my sins, You know each one.
Please help me keep a repentant heart
For all the burdens on you I lay.
I am worthless and my dreams are dust.
I am miserable, wretched, and poor.
I can never mend the broken wall,
But You can mend my spirit.
I pray that You will heal my soul
And purify my body.
Passion's well is dry and my first love
Has like a frightened dove departed from me,
So far from You my tattered being wanders
In the desert of desolation.
My eyes ache and my fingers are ashen,
Dark as my heart is my reverie.
I sniffle in the night of sleepless woe,
And groan within my entrails.
Nothing is pleasant to my flesh,
No sweet thing comes to me.
Accursed among all I see I am,
Silently praying that the lamp
Of Hope may reignite at Your command.
Your Grace is beyond comprehension
If You yet hold me in Your hand.
Dear Jesus help me now to survive.
Only You can help me stay alive.
