A Prayer's Edge

Each time you call Your hunger from a prayer's edge Tangled like a wing In human webs of knowledge, Your voice like a ticking clock Hovers over a deeper fall From the rock Of faith made slippery like gall Slimed upon our perseverance Each time I cradle Your voice against my ear And heaven in my heart That I may tell the subtle truth Till faith overcomes What tears our joy apart I prayed today And prayed as much before That you will not in grief's dismay Decide your exit through the door Into the howling restless wind Into the howling restless wind The line to heaven is always open Hold on, love Hold on, Angels are gathering for the dawn