Wilderness: A Poem

I’ve wandered in this wilderness for far too long

But I keep on hearing this one great song

It draws me onward

Though I stumble and slip

It draws me upward

Though this darkness is thick

It is the song of a million witnesses

Of the most unimaginable beauty

And I too want to see the magnificence

Though something always seems to stop me

So mine is a small voice crying in the darkness

Give me water so I won't thirst,
Bread that I shall never hunger,
Light so I'll never stumble

But really all I long for is a glimpse of that one face

And a true encounter with the glorious beauty of grace