Unyielding star (a lament)
Old men are sitting, exhorting
young men are running, exploring
both deeming to know the elixir of truth and success
yet powerlessness has become their shameful dress
Oh God strip us naked
of our filthy garments
and lead us away
from our murky swamps
Fill us with glory
and clothe us with light
to walk like Jesus -
unyielding star in the darkest night.
If I don't emerge shining inside and out -
my life nothing more than a magnet of flout...
Mercy, mercy, mercy, God!
