Perseverance in Dryness

"The prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please Him best.”—CS Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

He had nothing left to make,
his gifts all taken,
fake powers failed,
by all forsaken.

The need to sacrifice himself
bubbled in him like
the sole spring, his soul’s spring;
no less than all the water he had left;
hungry, thirsty, dried, he tried
only to give everything
from nothingness.

What else can old men do—
potency spent, energies lent,
all spite vented, e…