Title

Shriving

When I am lost I beg

Whisper you've found me

Even if you cant yet

See right where I am.

When I am blind

Say you’ll surround me

Protecting me most

From what I already am.

When I am deaf

Hold me and hold me

And keep holding me still

When I’m whole again.

When I would die

Say you’ll die with me

Over and over

Until time should end

If only I’ll wait

For just one more moment

And witness the miracle

Of another begin.

When I am drowning

Come and drown with me

Come and breathe love

Deep into my lungs

Tell me my final chorus is empty

There’s one more line

That has yet to be sung.

Tell me this story

Doesn't end with my failures

That my sins don’t keep my angels at bay

That I won’t always be afraid

Of the actions I’m taking

Of the man I've become

From ashes and clay.

Tell me I’m worthy

When I think you’re lying

And tell me again

When I think you’re insane.

Help me forgive

Myself my unmaking

And hold me tight till

The shaking will end.

I’m lost and alone

God I’m so far from home

Not in place

But in peace in my heart.

Hold me strong

Hold me fast

Hold me right to the last

And carry me through

Everything I have torn.

Don't let go, Don't let go

Come even crownings of thorns

Just carry me, carry me

To every new morn.