The response

Create in me a clean heart, God;

renew in me a resolute spirit.

Psalm 51 (50): 12

When I fell in the dark,

Where nobody would bring

Me nearer to You.

—Precisely then and there,

You seized upon me.

You whispered to my heart:

“I love you, endlessly.”

How hard is to receive

The most beautiful

Word—the eternal One.

Then You raised this question:

“How much do you trust me?”

That made the foundations

Of my whole being tremble.

That decides who I am.

Reason can but stutter

Arguments of no force.

Trust, confidence, and faith

Are not to be proclaimed

By words, but by actions.

Do I want an exit

Route, just in case I’ll fail?

Then, I do not really

Trust You. But how can I

Then answer your question?

There is a seed of love

In me, still very small—

And yet, it overweighs

Already all the rest.

May that be my response:

As I value nothing

More than Your love, I will

Surrender everything

To You, to live in You,

With You, for You—forever.