How long Lord, how long?

No regaining what was lost
Is there not a cure?
Is there not an answer
To ease this pain?

How long Lord, how long?

It is seven years of suffering,
Seven years of fighting,
Seven years of youth gone
Seven years too long.

How long Lord, how long?

When can there be freedom?
Freedom from agony…
Freedom from medication…
Freedom from heartbreak ?

How long Lord, how long?

What was the crime for this?
What is the gain?
How can this be turned for good?
Don’t understand, I can’t see how.

How long Lord, how long?

Have the prayers fallen on deaf ears?
Was it my sin?
Will I ever see the joy
Will happiness and health return?

Lord, I wait.
Lord I cry out to you…
Lord please hear my plea,
Lord my prayers are exhausted.

How long Lord, how long?

Psalm 61:1-2
Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Photo: The Encounter painting by Daniel Cariola, located in Magdala, Israel