You held me

When life was darkest

When the loneliness and suffering

Inside my soul

Felt insurmountable

You held me safe

Surrounding me with invisible wings

All along the beacon of your love shone

Upon me

Even when I could not feel it

You wept and were praying for me

To awaken from this painful dream

Never once in all of those difficult years

Did you abandoned me

As I abandoned myself

My suffering was deep because it had to be

The clarion call of my aching soul

Calling me home

To self love and redemption

Always now I know you stood so close

Only awaiting my

Awakening

To stop that old and worn out pattern

Of forsaking

What was most real and precious and true

Inside me