Passionate Heart

Give me a passionate heart Lord,
arise in me a desire to seek you.
Fill me with a restlessness that abates only
when I am in your presence.

May I see your works around me,
in my heart, in those faces I see, in nature's glory.
May I hear you speak in your great book
and your whispers in my ear.

Give me a passionate heart Lord,
to seek you and share you with others.
Fill me with a restlessness
so I labour for you all my life.

Uneasy

Uneasiness fills me.
Restless, I pace this empty space
within a cluttered room
that reflects the life I have lived thus far.

Is this all I have
to show for 20 odd years
of work?
Useless possessions
and scattered papers
are not who I am.

I know not
what I would like to show the world.
I need to leave a mark
upon those around me.
I need something to show
that my life has not been wasted,
that I have achieved something that matters.