Draw Near My Lord And Let Me Feel

Draw near to me Lord
Or I will perish
Fill me Lord
For I feel so very empty
Light flickers and fades at night
At the edges of my blurry vision
I have almost seen you yet again
Do not delay for I am dying
Here in the north
Here in the cold
Here by myself
Here alone.

The light falls and shadows rise
And give way to the dark night
That clothes me like a blanket.

"Hear the voice! It cries aloud in the streets."
I am listening
"Call to Him while He is still near!"
I have no voice
"Be still and know,"
My heart is not something I command and it races like a scared child.

Falling snow on coloured leaves
Clean upon decaying earth
And we mock the one who greaves
And cry for those who still give birth.

But I do not need to hear
The platitudes of everyday
But that which is most dear to me
Costs too much for me to see.

I am not like other men
And we are all the same
Draw near my Lord for I would faint
And never rise again.