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WITH A PRAYER ON MY LIPS I CAME TO THIS PLACE
 GOD HELP ME, I KNOW MY NAME BUT NOT MY FACE
THE YEARS BEFORE THIS FELT LIKE ENDLESS TIME
 THE FACES I WORE ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR MINE
WHEN BEING ALONE WAS ALL I’D EVER DONE WELL
BELONGING TO SOMETHING WAS A VERY HARD SELL
I HAD TO GO INSIDE WHERE IT ALL STARTED
 TO THE BEGINNING WHERE MY HEART IS
 FOLLOW ME INTO THE CIRCLE OF PRAYER
 TELL ME YOUR SECRETS I’LL SHARE YOUR FEAR
PUSH THROUGH THE FOG DAY AFTER DAY
 YOU DON’T NEED TO SEE, JUST FEEL THE WAY
I SHARED MY TROUBLES AND WAS FINALLY FREE
 TO FIND OUT WHAT I WAS MEANT TO SEE
CHANGING EVERYTHING ISN’T EASY THESE DAYS
 I SOMETIMES RESORT TO OLD FAMILIAR WAYS
AND IN THE MIDST OF ANY FEAR AND SORROW
 MY HEART BREATHES LIFE INTO TOMORROW
TOMORROW IS WHERE I LOOK TODAY
 FOG HAS LIFTED, I SEE THE WAY
SO FOLLOW ME INTO THE CIRCLE, MY FRIEND
TO A PLACE WHERE HEARTS ARE SAID TO MEND
A ROOM WITH A VIEW OF A LONG AGO TIME
 A FUTURE WITH DREAMS AND SWEET NURSERY RHYMES
MY HOPE FOR YOU NOW IS THE SAME HOPE AS MINE
 TO KNOW YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN STRONG, BEAUTIFUL AND KIND.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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August 11, 2014 at 8:05 AM
- Dear Christine, thank you for your lovely and sweet poem today. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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