I was just going through Leonard Cohen's Book of Mercy (which I believe to be some of the most powerful spiritual writing of our time), and came across a poem/psalm that i think is a good companion to "Prayer for a time of spiritual aridity." Here it is (simply titled #9):
"Blessed are you who has given each man a shield of loneliness so that he cannot forget you. You are the truth of loneliness, and only your name addresses it. Strengthen my loneliness that I may be healed in your name, which is beyond all consolations that are uttered on this earth. Only in your name can I stand in the rush of time, only when this loneliness is yours can I lift my sins toward your mercy."
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