By the Deep Woods

By the deep woods I sit apart, await

Enlightenment upon these tragic days,

Alone and yet so lovingly embraced

By a timeless spirit's vast unhurried gaze.

I have known compassion as I have known love

And tenderness of souls who blaze the path

That man may find in his heart strength from above

And peace to heal the world's wanton wrath,

Calm to bear this life's injustices,

And persevere the plenitude of pain,

To bear the agony of separateness

That love on earth may found His splendid reign

And children we of one divine delight

Arise and conquer by the Godhead's might.