New Mercies

I’m out here in the wilderness. I’m baffled, Lord, and in distress. My heart is downcast, troubled, gray: O Lord, be merciful today. At times like these, I’m far from you That’s how I feel, though it’s not true. I feel far off and gone astray: O Lord, be merciful today. I cannot seem to find the path. Forgive me, Lord, and stay thy wrath. My sin on me does heavy weigh: O Lord, be merciful today. Lord, if I’m honest, I’ll confess My life’s a shambled, tattered mess. Why does it have to be this way? O Lord, be merciful today. Yet in the morning, when I rise, Dawn pierces me, I realize: You always hear me when I pray. Your mercies, new, greet every day. ---------- My first kyrielle, so have mercy on me :-)