OUT OF THE DEPTHS
I CRY TO YOU, O LORD
I CRY TO YOU, O LORD
Poem for Today - October 12, 2014
DE PROFUNDIS
From the depths of
cosmic, boundless space
From the destitute places of human misery
From souls torn with
yearning
From disabled
bodies
From houses locked
in bondage
To you – O Incomprehensible
Flows a silent,
unutterable supplication.
You know it - O
Omniscent Lord
You give ear to it
You understand it,
O Eternal Wisdom
You answer the
prayer, O Infinite Goodness
With our hearts
burning with hope
We await he
response of your voice
Lost Mankind has
been yearning for it.
We have been
failed by a multitude of sages
We have been
failed by the applauded prophets
We have been
failed by the dictates of leaders
Lost in the
blackness of night
We have been
failed by the glare of beauty
We are looking for
new ways
Show us a new
dawn, O Sole Truth
© Clement Jedrzejewski
New York,
February 5, 1972
(Authorized
translation
from the
Polish.)
1997
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