SPCK - When God seems far away

When God seems far away

I needed answers
I wanted help
I wanted the certainty of knowing you are real

I got silence
I got nothing
Except the feeling that I'm wasting my time

What more is there to say?
Let us be silent together
Let talk be for another time.

God, it's hard to communicate

God, it's hard to communicate.
You're like a date leaving me waiting
In suspense
At the door pacing up and down
Full of love and hope
Without pretence
Wondering what to anticipate.

Time passes and you don't appear.
I'll knock again
Call out,
In case you haven't heard.
I'm here, patient, expectant
Without doubt.
Surely you can lend me an ear.

What are you doing
that takes so long?
I stand here
Pensive and anxious.
You promised. Did I do wrong?
Are you near,
Deaf or tardy?
Playing hard to get?
Your silence leaves me fuming.

My passion's wilted.
You stood me up.
Our date is off.
A lonely soliloquy at your door;
Nothing more.
You said nought, not a cough.
I haven't a chance
not a prayer.
I guess I'm jilted.

I'll try another day.
Perhaps I'm not forsaken.
Lovers who persevere, they say,
Can win a distant heart
When prospects look bleak
And their day turns to dark night
If they don't fall apart
Have faith
And don't stray.

Knock, knock, it's me again.
Don't keep me in suspense.
This time
Answer with a smile,
Apologise for last time
But you're not obliged.
I'll stay awhile
Trying yet again
Until we reach an ‘Amen'.

Graeme Davidson, Anyone can Pray