Crippled Flower

Memories darken light weakens my stand

Paled leaves hang in defeat

Bruised petals, trampling feet

It seems like I’m always in midnight air

Flower with no color, rose with no thorns

Carrying my crippled flower, holding the pain

Watching others become butterflies, I still wait for wings

If I was not given a dream, how could one come true?

I’m running from the past that taught me so much

Showed me how to care and who I could trust

Finding the light, my flower grew, above all

Seeing that darkness can be light, I started by opening my eyes

I carried on, restoring my hold

Alone no longer, past failures forgiven

Eternal friend, you purify my darkened light, when I walked, you ran

You’re the tissue to my damp eyes

When I was drowning, you taught me to swim

When I needed love you, showed me sacrifice

When my heart was lonely, your word occupied

When I was forgotten, your Son remembered

I’m accepted by your rejection, comforted when you were beaten

Held up by falling grace, balanced with a holding hand