Absence

Lord, shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

Beloved longing in emptiness
Lacking
Substance
Futile
Nonbeing within being
Power immense
Deprived of presence
Nothing else fills
Beloved come to me
Dreaming dreams
Praying prayers
A path
Aware
Heart beating
A void
Reduced to a nonentity
The aftermath
A life
Love so strong
Permeating
Silence
Listen loud
Repudiation
Knowing my Beloved through negation
What is not flows in overabundant absence
So strong the heart bursts forward in adoration
Simple silent attention
Proudness erupts
Sin waits not so patiently
Success brings about temptation
Everything tried calcifies
My Beloved’s withdrawal sustains the rigidness
The dark night a solution to my solutions
Contemplation
Calling
Loving
Urging
Comprehending no longer caring
Separate from the world
The killing time long since deceased
Reminiscing amongst the loss of memories
A process
A time
Growing old and sublime
Eventually the fading once detaching from is long since entrenched
It’s been years since I died
Beloved there has been only you for a breadth of time
Continuous prayer throughout another night
Beloved rape my heart with your loneliness
Expose your depths
Proud inner poverty of spirit
Teach me that which I so quickly forego and forget
Anonymous
Indebt
Beloved who are You?
Yet to wait
Teach me not to regret
Teach me not to dream
Kiss me upon the neck
Caress on in to
Smother me with Your love
My Beloved