Free From Me

Trapped.

Not in control.

The world spins

And deep in my soul,

My walls have collapsed.

Keep up my image

All smiles and grins

But deep in my heart

I'm falling apart

There's no ground for my feet

I’ve been falling forever

I think the night has me beat

When will the light come?

Feels like never

Everything’s shaking

Falling down

Walls crash, windows smash

But thru the quaking

I see an eye

I struggle forward to investigate

And the eye becomes a man

Standing patiently, outside of my battered iron gate

I asked him how long he’d been there and what he was doing

He looked at me

His face comforting and serene

He said he’d been there for years knocking and trying to come in

But I guess I had told him to wait

He continued and said:

I watched you building walls and I tried to stop you

I watched you toss and turn at night and you wouldn't let me hold you.

I watched you act like you were okay, but I felt your breaking, every single day.

Every day I stand outside this iron gate and knock

Hoping you’ll let me in

See, I made a way for the pain to subside

For the hurt to leave you alone

But you never came outside

I knew those walls would become unstable

And that you would try to rebuild them

But you know you’re not able

Please, come outside

Come join me

I am the way that leads you away from pain

I am the truth that frees you from lies

I am the life,  that you’ve been searching for inside.

And I am the light. When you walk with me, darkness trembles and it must hide.

He looked at me, hand extended toward mine

I looked at him and then back at my fortress

It was a mess

My walls had finally fallen down

I dropped to my knees and started to cry

I couldn’t try to stand

I looked up at him and he bent down and grabbed my hand

He wiped my tears away

And all my fears were gone when I fell into his embrace

He picked me up and carried me

Away from my broken place

And at that moment I knew id be okay

Nothing could break his love

Nothing from hell below or even heaven above

I was lost

But now he has called me found

So now I know, for all my days

In the Father’s arms

I am truly safe.