Dear Lord

You are somewhere

Down in the lane

Crying and crying for me

With pain

While I leap about

And dance in the rain

Willed to forget you

Though with strain

Must I always

Come to this?

Are there joys

I wouldn’t miss?

I promised to

Keep you aside, my Lord

But your tender look

Pulverized my clock.

Your presence

Like the air

Its fragrant and free;

Jehovah in Heaven,

Monarch of the sea,

Wipe thine eyes

And hear my plea;

How can I tell

   My love for thee !