Glenda

1998 COPYRIGHT
BY PETER CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND
(FOR ETHAN & ELSA)

THERE'S SOMETHING WARM AND SWEET
THAT I ALMOST TRAMPLED UNDER MY FEET
NEARLY SWEPT AWAY IN MY ANXIOUS RUSH
THESE MORNINGS MADE LOVELY BY YOUR TOUCH
IT BROKE YOUR HEART WHEN I DIDN'T RESPOND
YET I OPEN MY EYES AND YOU'RE NOT YET GONE
COLD DAYS ARE NOT AS LONG AS THEY MAY SEEM
WHEN YOU'RE STILL WILLING TO LET YOUR HEART DREAM
SOMETIMES MY HEART IS SO FULL OF MALICE
OTHER TIMES IT'S EMPTY AND EERILY CALLOUSED
IT'S THEN I SEE YOUR SMILE IN MY MIND
AND I LOOK FOR THE ANSWERS YOU HELP ME FIND
I SEARCH BACK TO OUR GREATEST TENDER MEMORIES
TRY TO FIND WHEN MY SOUL BECAME DISEASED
ONCE I HUGGED YOU AND TREATED YOU SWEETLY
NOW YOUR SPIRIT SHINES INSPITE OF ME
I LONGED FOR SHALLOW PLEASANT FEELINGS
YET FOUND NO PEACE NOR HOPE OF HEALING
I'D MISSED THAT GRACE YOU'D UNDERSTOOD
YOU WOULD NOT BEAR THE PAIN FOR GOOD
THE JOY WAS RESTORED TO YOUR EYES
BUT I TOO BLIND COULD NOT REALIZE
THAT IN THAT LIGHT I'D FIND RENEWAL
AND BE REVIVED WITH SPIRITUAL FUEL
WORDS FROM YOUR LIPS ARE WHOLESOME AND LIVING
WARMTH YOU EXTEND IS SINCERE AND FORGIVING
YOU'RE HUMBLE IN SPIRIT AND BLESSED SO MUCH
YOUR TENDERNESS REFLECTS IN EVERY LIFE YOU TOUCH
SPARING THOSE LIVES WHICH THE DARK WOULD DEVOUR
YOU STOOD AT MY SIDE IN MY BLEAKEST HOUR
WE PRAY TOGETHER AS THE DAWN IS FORMING
HOPING FOR PROMISE IN THIS EMBRACING MORNING