{"id":270,"date":"2012-10-28T22:45:58","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T22:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2012-10-28T22:52:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T22:52:27","slug":"maker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kentrichter.com\/?page_id=270","title":{"rendered":"Maker"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F65148413&visual=true\"><\/iframe>\n<address><strong>Maker! Am I not made for love?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Though fallen, cursed from the tree?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Sighing, remembering an innocence somehow stripped away,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Longing just to be free.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Eden calls like a voice grown weak and thin,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Drowned in the din,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Aware of my sin.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>My heart is a city under siege,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>An island in a wild, angry sea.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>How long, o Lord,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Will you forget me evermore?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>How long will you hide your face from me?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Rumbling, all the machinery of the day,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>And all life echoes the same.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I listen, listening for whispers somewhere in the night<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Somehow calling my name.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Icy, distant as stars in winter sky,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Quietly cry,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Lonely as I.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Standing in the darkness of the world,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Empty, silent as space.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>My heart cries out<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>For the ever-living God,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>When will I see Him face to face?<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Deep calls to deep.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Wake, child asleep.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Rise at midnight, o crying child,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In the weeping rain and the thunder throbbing wild,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>For the darkness bleeds with a warm and threatening light:<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Every tear has worth; every sigh is right!<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Maker! Yes, I am made for love,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Pouring my tears in the sea.<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Maker, will you then come and dance this lonely love,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Sharing sorrow with me<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Darkness is but the eclipse of greater light,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Promising sight:<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Dawn comes tonight.<\/strong><\/address>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maker! Am I not made for love? Though fallen, cursed from the tree? Sighing, remembering an innocence somehow stripped away, Longing just to be free. 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