I lived as if He was absent
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Living far off in a distant land.
In some space way way over there
Far from where I could reach Him
Out of this world
Somewhere in some space there,
Elsewhere
They taught me to call Him down
To create an atmosphere for Him
To soothe Him into my presence
In wails and in hushed whispers
With emotions and drama
So that He could come here
Just to have Him near
I lived omniabsent
To the reality of
The omnipresent God
He whose earth is
And the fullness thereof
Once a man woke up from a dream
Out in the wild
Where he laid his head on a stone
And it struck him really hard
“God was here and I was unawares,
This must be the house of God!”
Not in a cathedral
Not in a shrine
Not in a prayer closet
Not in a religious structure
Not in a fellowship
Just where he was
I have lived as if He was absent
Living far off in a distant land
In some space way way over there
Out of this world
Somewhere in some space there
Elsewhere
Wake me up Lord from this slumber
This deep unawareness
This gross unconsciousness
This blanketing darkness
This engulfing humanness
That lives far from you.
Bring me alive to you
Let the things of God
Touch this fleshy human
Attune me to your frequencies
Digitalize my analogue heart
Compound my simple eyes
Calibrate my fuzzy sight
Articulate your being within me
Amplify my hearing to your tones
And melodize my heartbeat
To the rhythms of your movements
Bring me alive to you
Encapsulate me into you
To live in you
To move in you
To have my being in you
Here and now
There and after
Ever present
With the Omnipresent God.
