The Child I Used To Be

Somewhere back in the halls of time
Wondering the memories that fill my mind
That’s where I lost her, I don’t know how
But she ran from the woman that I am now


Many a night when my thoughts go wild
I long for the innocence of that child
And just as I wish I could ease her pain
I wish in my heart I were her again


But time came to stand between her and I
And she slipped even further as time went by
Finding a shelter where time stands still
Alone she has left me to face my will


Frightened and weak, Lord, I run to thee
I run for my will seeks to conquer me
Would that I loved you without pretense
As I did in the time of my innocence


That the child I miss would again run free
That her faith would again be alive in me
Then, just as the memories of her begin
You whisper that I can be born again


Revealing the place where she sits alone
You call her by name and you bring her home
And merging together the two in me
The child I was, the adult I can be


You give me the chance to go back in time
Reach out for purity, make it mine
Now that my sins are forgiven, at last
You’ve brightened my future you’ve healed my past


Igniting again by your love for me
The faith of that child I used to be.


Author Unknown