The Tears I Cry

I know a place with spirit’s free
I’m told no room inside for me
I’ve run aground
It’s the place for me to be
I’d love to say that I can see
I’m lost then found

There’s a sky where eagles soar
But there’s a closed sign on the door
Up in the cloud
There’s no light to show the way
And there’s no difference ‘tween night and day
I scream out loud

I’m here I’m there and nothing’s still
And in my heart’s an autumn chill
So hear the rain
I try so hard with all my might
I’m deep inside an awful fight
Here I remain

Not mine to have but theirs to hold
So I stay out here in the cold
Go round again
Not today I hear them laugh
As I turn down the other path
My sad refrain

I see a fire light in the dark
Beneath the embers was a spark
It’s always here
And from within each stitch in time
I watch the dots make up the line
I came so near

What was not lost, I did not find
I knocked the door, they changed their mind
Come in and try
The warmest place I've found till then
In open hearts among all men
The tears I cry

SH March 2010