Before You Answer

The lights are off

It's after midnight

Bills on the table I didn't pay

A phone that stays

Face down and silent

People I miss who slipped away

I scroll the news

Another war zone

Another name I don't know

I turn it off

But it keeps playing

In my head when the room goes cold

You are here

You are near

I close my eyes

But my chest stays tight

Before You answer

I will trust You

Before You move

I will rest

You don't have to prove

You are listening

I will sleep

On what You've said

I think about

The words I shouldn't

Have said to the ones I love

The prayers I stopped

Halfway through

When hope felt hard to hold onto

I feel the space

On the other side

Of the bed tonight

And wonder how

So many people

Can feel this alone at once

You are here

You are near

So I open Your Word

And let it speak

Then I read

You never sleep

You never turn away

You hear every cry

You count every tear

You are closer than I feel

You give peace

Not when it's solved

But when I trust You

Before You answer

I will trust You

Even if

The night stays long

You are here

And that is enough

I will sleep

In perfect peace

You are here

You are near

I can sleep

Even before You answer