Return me to the Desert

Return me to the Desert
to that lonely, long dark Night
when every single moment
took an eternity to fight a losing fight

Return me to the Desert
where transformation began
lead me to the wilderness
with firm and tender hand

Return me to the Desert
to the empty abyss
until I've learned the lesson
He must become more, I less

Return me to the Desert
despite my fearful cry
abandon me to myself
till I will "come & die"

Return me to the Desert
of silence and doubts
I know going in
I'll be better coming out

Return me to the Desert
where prophets come undone
even where the devil
tested your very own Son

Return me to the Desert
the one place more
than any other
I do not wish to be

Lord, return me to the Desert
Out of my captivity.