Release: A Poem and Prayer for Hope and Healing

I wrote this poem based on Jeremiah 29 during the COVID pandemic and my recovery from Achilles repair surgery. After I wrote this piece, I recited it like a prayer.

I still try to make meaning of this world, and I believe that wisdom comes from these exile experiences.

You sent me into exile
Into a land, I’ve never known
I kneeled in prayer and worship
Trying to understand what’s going on
You said you have plans for me
And they will prosper too
You give me hope and a future
That you want me to use
I feel alone and helpless
In this land, I’ve never known
I pray and seek to find you
My love for you I’ve shown
Help me to make meaning
Of a world that is so cold
Release me from captivity
And make me a new home.