25 In My Hermit Heart...

IN MY HERMIT HEART

In my hermit heart

I dread noise and love silence.

I have wrestled with heavy doubts

And now I wear victory's crown.

The length of my aspiring life

Is increasing fast, very fast.

The length of my desiring life

Is becoming slender, very slender.

Soon it will perish in the abyss

Of lifeless nothingness.

In my hermit heart

God's Compassion is invoked by me to sing,

God's Love is invited by me to play.

My heart of gratitude,

My life of surrender

Will watch them sing and play.