looking out from the monastery window into the heart of the world...

The Mass Rock

Too green for breathing today,
A cave of foliage and rock.
Pulled into Your depths and caverns
Abandoning a hardened heart
To softness found in altar stone.

Leaves of dew under a floating self
With fingers touching past and present.
Is my future here with You today,
O God?

Rescue me from despair and desolation!
Your servant takes my hand.
Guide me so gently to comfort.
Comfort in the greenness of pastures and forest.
The sacrifices made, only mercy awaits.

Reaching out from an endless void to touch skies
And water too blue to believe.
Is my future here with You today,
O God.