Trysting Places

Fill the empty spaces of my life, O Lord,
and flood them with your very presence:

those hidden places in my heart
where I so long to love you more
(and to be cherished!);

those quiet corners of my house 
and spacious rooms where I live
waiting for my guests;

those silent hours
when no one is around
to listen to the little doings of my day
or unravel the thoughts tangled in my mind;

and that still solitude
in which I grieve the life once lived with sisters
and mourn my parents’ early absence.

Yes, meet me in these empty spaces, Lord,
and make of each
a lovers’ trysting place.

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This poem © 2021 by Jeanne Kun is included in a book of collected poems, Gladly Given to God. Used with permission of the author.

• See also Bethany Revisited: My Love’s Anointing, by Jeanne Kun

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