We wander in the wilderness… O God.

We are blinded and lost…
unable to see the pain,
hindered from envisioning healing,
unwilling to see wholeness.

We are deaf and lost…
we cannot hear the cries,
we ignore the pleading,
we will not listen for hope.

We are lame and lost…
afraid to walk among the darkness in the streets,
refusing to pass by the battlefields,
given up marching for peace.

We are speechless and lost…
we no longer utter harsh truths,
we stopped naming the wrongs,
we ceased lifting our spirits in prayers.

We are lost in the wilderness… O God.

We look and do not see.
We listen and do not hear.
We walk and get nowhere.
We talk …