Voice in the Dark, a LogaRhyme Options

[JustDaniel]

Voice in the Dark

I’m feeling He’s abandoned me;
a spiral down won’t set me free...
I need to cling,
remembering, when I’ve no sight,
the things He’s shown me in the light...
in darkness, sing.

“How can you sing!” a voice may blare.
“It’s obvious He doesn’t care;
just face the facts.”
Amid the drone of dark despair,
a still, small Voice is always there;
on this I act.

God is near the broken-hearted,
hears before a prayer is started...
been there too...
near the one whose spirit’s crushed;
“I’ll never leave you.”  List now… hushed...
He cries with you.

© Daniel J Ricketts 03 Feb 2005
Psalm 34:18

[Athena]

Hi Daniel,

This is poignantly marvelous!  I feel every word ... every line.  I think most of us have felt we've been "abandoned" by God at certain times in our lives.


Voice in the Dark

I’m feeling He’s abandoned me;
a spiral down won’t set me free... what do you mean in this line?
I need to cling,
remembering, when I’ve no sight,
the things He’s shown me in the light...  
in darkness, sing.
How well I identify with these four lines ....

“How can you sing!” a voice may blare.
“It’s obvious He doesn’t care;
just face the facts.”   Ahhh I hear the enemie's words here as he works on all of us!
Amid the drone of dark despair,
a still, small Voice is always there;
on this I act.   Yes, wonderfully expressed ...

God is near the broken-hearted,
hears before a prayer is started...
been there too...
near the one whose spirit’s crushed;
“I’ll never leave you.”  List now… hushed...
He cries with you.  

© Daniel J Ricketts 03 Feb 2005
Psalm 34:18

I think John's words about this poem being very uplifting is something I thoroughly agree with.  It began in despair, and then hearing Him through tender whispers, we read how He lifts, strengthens, and gives us hope and promise for tomorrow.


Brilliantly written, my friend,

Blessings,  Dolly