HOPE

Can you hear me?

I just want to know

If anyone out there knows

Who I am

I’m not the girl you think

My heart has died

I can’t feel anymore

Not like I used to

My body contracts without tears

I’ve been here too many years

Would you recognize me

If you saw me now?

I don’t know.

I barely see the light of day

They tell me to stay and I do

Not because I want to

But because my will perished long ago

The only will I have is the will to live

But even that is fading away.

Am I anything anymore?

Does my voice make a sound

As I lay here on the ground?

What’s this I hear?

What’s this I feel?

A tear, pushing itself through?

It can’t be, no!

I won’t cry, I won’t grasp hope

I used to do that

Until I started to believe what’s real

That I will never be saved.

I’m a daughter?

Whose?

My father disowned me

Nobody loves me.

But I feel your hand

It’s gentle

Compassionate

Is it really for me?

You love me you say

You love me, is it true?

Don’t do this to me

My heart is already torn in two!

I’m rescued, I’m saved!

I never believed in this day,

But you broke the chains

I am breathing again

Oh it’s been so long

Can I ever be

The little girl I once was?

That and more, you say

And I trust you

I AM FREE