Narrow my window had become I could barely breathe, barely live in this or their temple Then they closed it, window shut I fell, I was lost Trapped in the kingdom, of the desperate and dying What had been a small light, now gone I was nobody’s son
Soon lost at sea Searching wherever Seemed like I’d never find new land Monsters in the deep, dragons in the sky Fire burning, a salamander’s torch So thirsty
That’s when I saw the flicker, from a distant lamp Oil kept it going, until my hand held the light I suddenly saw all its might It created a terrible fright I would have to fight, a wrestling for my life, my own soul
The angel from the deep, entered upon the land Was it also a woman, was it man? I couldn’t know Yet the angel’s sword bruised me in the dark The wound bled red I cried into the Silence, and fell to my knees
It was a new beginning, there on my knees The red, bleeding wound received a silent balm I sensed fresh air, I could breathe I saw a window open, then all windows gone My breathing got deep, and I drank from a rich well Everything opened
Oh day of glory, when I could leave behind, the barren land of agony The principals were taken When I woke up, like from a dream, I was standing on my feet Made new, in the image of One, I had now become
I sensed freedom New adventures awaited I was made for living after all I sensed another call
A Contemplative Life 