How long, O God?

How Long, O God?
Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord! Lord, hear my voice.
-Psalm 130

Set yourself to rest in this darkness as long as you can, always crying out after him whom you love
-The Cloud of Unknowing

How long, O God,
Will this last?

This yearning
Of the bride for the bridegroom,
This merging of water droplet that I am
Into the boundless ocean that God is,
The fusion of this little
Candlelight of awareness
Into the limitless sunlight
Of the all-pervading consciousness?

How long, O God,
The tearing apart of this blinding
Inner darkness,
The peeling away of what is not?

When shall I see what is
Beyond my own blindfolds
Beyond blindfolds from others
Beyond the cloud of unknowing

To behold the Sun
That never sets
The Divine Light within?

How long, O God,
Will this darkness last?

How long, O God?

Winter 2006