Inside my own skin

Please remind me God

What I am and am not responsible for

There is a door

I want to close on you

When my hearts messages of anxiety

Just get too impossible to ignore

And when I feel that happiness

Is not my right

That is when my heart it falls

Into the darkest of nights

For surely you gave this gift of life to me

So that I could be

Happy, joyous and free

At least some of the time

Even when those painful things

Befall my heart

There is a way

To make them all a part of healing

It all depends upon how my soul

Is feeling

For it seems to me the truest guide

It lives within

And those times I lose

The way to life

Are when I forget

The way to live

Most comfortably

And at peace

Deep inside my own skin