Glint

If you remove from your midst
oppression, false accusation and malicious speech;
if you bestow your bread on the hungry
and satisfy the afflicted;
then light shall rise for you in the darkness,
and the gloom shall become for you like midday.
—Isaiah 58:7-10

O Lord, my light is darkened
from what it once had been.
Too long, I know, I’ve hearkened
to desperation’s din.
My heart is all too hardened,
my hand too used to sin,
but that I may be pardoned,
come kindle me again.

Your bread is for the hungry,
and I have eaten well;
your wine pours out upon me,
and I have drunk my fill.
May I share your abundance
with those who hunger still,
and may I pour out comfort,
and thus your mercies tell.

O Shepherd, come and find me;
my weary heart renew
and ever walk beside me.
Show me the pathway true:
To share my riches widely,
your works of love to do,
then shall the light shine brightly
that is a glint of you.

光る海 (Hikaru umi, “the sparkling sea”). Full color woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida showing two sailboats under full sail, from the series: Setonaikai shū (瀬戸内海集) – A series of ocean views at Seto, 1926. – This image is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID jpd.02224.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11159964