Where I am going, I don't know
The road ahead twists out of sight
Where it will lead no one can say
I hardly even know myself
The fact that I think I'm doing right
does not mean I really am
But I believe the desire to please you
does in fact please you
And I am determined to inject that thought
in everything I say and do
And I believe that if I do this mostly
You will take my arm and lead me to you
Though I don't feel you, though I could feel fear
I will find a way to trust you
Even though I seem lost, even though
death stands face to face with me like a thief
I am not afraid
for you are mine and I am yours
and alone is no longer a possiblity
(A rewrite of a poem by Fr. Thomas Merton)
Mike Finley
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prayer-of-thomas-merton-rewrite/
