by Judi B

Created on: February 11, 2009

The Prison of Grief

I see the world around me, the sun, the moon, the stars
Yet I feel I'm living now behind what seems like prison bars.
They can't be seen, they can't be felt but yet I can't get free...
I cannot move beyond this place that's holding onto me.
I want to breathe some happiness, to feel alive again.
I need to know the road ahead can be better than it's been.
I'm so weary of this brokenness, of not smiling anymore...
Lord, teach me, show me how to go on as I did before...
Before I lost my joy in life, before I lost my reason
To love, to dream, look forward to each new and changing season.
Please give me hope that life can once again be filled with peace.
Please lift this weight of sadness from my heart and make it cease.
This loneliness that's constant as I go from day to day...
Please take my hand and show me, Lord just how to find my way.
Please lead me to a place where it doesn't hurt so much.
Please mend my broken heart with your tender, loving touch.
Whisper words of what I need to hear to get me through
My search for a tomorrow that is wholesome, fresh and new.
I've tried so many times and failed to do this on my own...
I need you, Lord, I know that now, I can't do this alone.

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