Midnight musings

Midnight ramblings...

A tune plays soft inside my mind,

About a man who's lost just about everything,

And doesn't know where to turn.

He feels like he's a blind man

Wandering down a strange road,

And somebody's taken his cane,

So he shuffles along so scared.

We all feel like blind men

At some time in our lives...

Just like we've lost everything

And lost our way as well...

And we wonder about our purpose

About where the next step's going,

We forget about the man

Walking silent by our side.

But I take comfort just in knowing

That there's one who walks beside me

Along the dusty roads of life,

There to catch me when I fall.

Always there to pick me up

When I'm too tired to stand,

Always there to love me

When there's nothing left to love.

4/2/11 CR

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