Transformed by the Song that Stays the Same

How barren 

And utterly bereft

The terrain

Of my soul

Remained

Languished winds

Echoed through

The abyss

Hungering 

For your Love

Through 

The darkness of

Night

I stumble

In search

For the Living water

Guided on

By 

An indomitable thirst

That will be

Singularly quenched

By your Love

An invitation

Issues outward

Like the carillon's peal

It finds the mark

Deep within

One wavering voice

Joins with

Adjunct desolate souls 

Songs of exaltation 

Simple cyclical chants

Tear heart's doors 

Asunder

I becomes we 

As all sing

Of your Love

Candles burning

Souls a stirring

Harmony & heart

Become 

Heaven a far

Spirit soars

While I 

Bath

In your Love

Begone the ramparts

That I have

Now once again

Supped upon

The river

At source

May I 

Never again

Suffer

The pangs

Of disconnection

That I may

Continue 

To serve

As a channel

For the song

That is 

Your Love

R. O'Neill (September 21, 2018)