Rise up

RISE UP, GREAT GOD, LIKE THE CRUEL DESERT SUN

BURN AWAY THESE SINS THAT DRENCH ME LIKE DEW

bLAST APART THIS FOG THAT HIDES ME FROM YOU

SO I MAY BEHOLD YOU, THE SHINING ONE.

iT WAS YOU WHO VANQUISHED ME AS THE NIGHT

WHEN YOU SEIZED ME AND SWEPT MY SINS AWAY

AS YOU DID THE STARS WHEN YOU DROVE THE DAY

TO BREAK UPON THEM; BURNING, BLAZING: BRIGHT.

AS i RISE TO TRUDGE THIS BARREN LAND

BEAR DOWN UPON ME FROM YOUR ZENITH HEIGHT

BLEACH MY BLOTTED SOUL UNTIL IT TURNS WHITE

SO I MAY SHINE TOO, WHEN YOU TAKE MY HAND.

BY K.D.