Dark Night of the Soul

“What more do you want?
What more do you need?
Strip me bare until I bleed.
Tear me open, reveal my soul.
Rotten flesh, a stench so foul.
Damned thoughts of a twisted mind
Temptations of the unrefined.
Reveal a life that hides within.
It needs no words on fleshly sin.
Darkness dwells where none can see,
Shuns the light, and tries to flee.
Oh death remorseless, consume this flesh.
Release this soul to begin afresh.
Cease this constant mortal war.
Anguished pains cry out no more.
Loose this bound to human plight,
Take me from this endless night.

To God be the glory, forever. Amen.”