by Jackie Chou

Without You, Lord,
I am a sheep lost in the herd.

I hear a laughing crowd 
across the bridge.

Their red and turquoise garbs 
are glowing in the sun.

Yet my own eyes are watery,
and I can see neither color nor light.

Without You,
my world is a palette of gray,
and my river is filled with tears.

I need You, Lord,
to take me out of despair 
and into Your guidance.

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Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California who has two collections of poetry, The Sorceress and Finding My Heart in Love and Loss, published by cyberwit. Her poem “Formosa” was a finalist in the Stephen A DiBiase Poetry Prize. She has recent work in The Ekphrastic Review, Chainmail Poetry, Collaborature, Fevers of the Mind Poetry and Art, and Synchronised Chaos.