Canticle 58

Tell me, what if I never left the desert?

I’m just as tired as you are.

I know, strangely enough,
that doesn’t help me that much,
and I feel a little guilty about it.
I really wish
that You were absolutely enough for me.

It’s not possible, you know that too.

Why? I could,
I wish I had that courage…

For what? To be nothing but a spirit?

I can hear from Your voice
that I’m getting lost
but I know You don’t hold it against me
that You allow me
doubt
tiredness

Yes, that’s the problem
when you have to wait
for others

Yet
that’s how it is
or else we
abolish
free will
and that’s
unthinkable

You’ve learned your lesson well
I had no doubt

So we sit here
and wait
just the two of us?

As if I’d abandoned you
even for a moment

Of course not
you know, maybe You should have
added endurance
to the cardinal virtues

True