Here in the Deep

I've never been so close

Never been so near my end

Never been so broken

Till you taught me how to bend

Here where darkness seems o reign

Suspended between beauty and pain

Our hearts will find sweet ways to weep

Here in the deep.

The agony of letting go

The relief of giving up

The devastation we can know

In the emptying of our cup.

Poured out and drained dry

Water washed and purified

Now for new filling we await

This noble purpose for which we're made.

Made to receive the life of an innocent man

Made to believe the strife is a part of his plan

For by it we are prepared

No other glory can be compared

Than to be formed by the potter's precious hand

October 5, 2006

Anthony Foster