In the timeless time, before our
time
When You called us forth to bear
witness
Following the devout
I answered “Yes, without the shadow of a
doubt”
Your Spoken Word, was what
I’d heard
As I stumbled into
wakefulness
As we gathered
about
It sti r r ed me
within as it shook me
without
And the years they passed till the day at
last
I awoke with a cry
– oh, the pain of s e ver a nc
e!
And then I felt it again, and again
But there was a mercy that was hidden in the pain
Ravenous desire, a burning fire
Who am I to claim a share in deliverance?
I can always explain
But my time’s running out and my guilt is pain
-Sound of Tears by Nader Khan