O I would be as clear as air
And I would be as water clear
That lovely light may shine through me
On shadowed ignorance and fear.
How can I think? how can I hope,
How can I dream that this may be,
I who am dull within the flesh
And clouded with mortality?
How can I dare to ask at all,
Who knows such glory burns away
Through doubt, and terror, and doom, and tears
Into the everlasting day?
O strong Eternal Light because
I love the radiance that I fear,
Let me become as clear as air
And let me be like water clear.
~Marguerite Wilkinson
