I once knew your father well
He fought tears as he spoke
?Your mother's dead?

I guess a part of him just couldn't return
Forgiveness is a lesson
He cursed you to learn

As your guardian
I was instructed well
To make sense of God's love

In these fires of hell
No I don't expect you to understand
Just to live what little life

Your broken heart can
Maybe your light is a sea
And the darkness the dirt

In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lives from the earth
From the earth

From the earth

As the years move on

These questions they will shape
Are you getting stronger
Or is time shifting weight

No one expects you to understand
Just to live what little life
Your mended heart can


You'll always remember the moment
God took her away

The weight of the world
Was placed on your shoulders that day
Maybe your light is the sea

And the darkness the dirt
In spite of the uneven odds
Beauty lives from the earth

From the earth

You're much too young now

So I write these words down
?Darkness exists to make light truly count?