As a child I would bow my head and pray
Asking for forgiveness
Asking for another chance to make it right
And each night I would cry
Believing you never heard
And I gave in
Gave up believing you'd be there
As a young woman I walked a different line
Turned away from you
Let myself fall into the darkness of another's promise
Telling myself
They were my savior
And you were just a lie
But the stories my eyes tell
And the scars I bare
Tell of a truth I can't carry anymore
As an adult I knelt before you
With tears in my eyes
Begging for the forgiveness I sought in your eyes
Asking for another chance to make it right
My cries in the night
Once believed unheard
Echo through the promise of a child's eyes.
