you are near.
your nearness stills me, yet i speak--you let me speak:
i am afraid.

you are near.
a providential movement and an answered prayer.
a penitential prayer.

you are near.
though my eyes and ears and hands deceive me,
my bones, my lifeblood do not lie.

though the waters may peak at a height yet unseen,
there is mercy in this your holy way and--
you are near.