LONELINESS

Why, oh God this loneliness
this deep longing from within,
it’s not for lack of people in my life
or lack of kith and kin.

It haunts me in my wakefulness
and in a crowded place,
amid the throng I’m all alone
as if in some disgrace.

I feel so lost and out of place
it seems I don’t fit in,
what makes me Lord, so insecure
I ask myself again.

Was it something Lord back in the past
when I was young and free,
that robbed me of all confidence
so that I could not be me.

Or is it Lord a yearning
for You within my heart,
for that union up in heaven
that one day I’ll be a part.

I hunger for that glorious day
when your arms will gently hold,
me to your heart, so warm and tender
at last Your Love behold.

Margaret Rose Larrivee
Dec. 22, 2006