A Prayer in Depression

God, I cannot feel you, and I am praying anyway. The weight has not lifted. The days blur. What used to bring me joy asks more of me than I have. I am not asking you to explain it. I am asking you to stay. Be the floor beneath me when I cannot stand. Give me one hour at a time, one small mercy at a time. Send me people who will not flinch, and give me the courage to let them close. Hold my life for me until I can hold it again. Amen.