| One Night One night when I went walking Through the darkened streets I started thinking about my life And began to feel incomplete. Never have I accomplished Anything so great As to bring me huge riches To buy a large estate. Never have I been one of the most Of the popular girls Top of the class or prom queen Crowned with auburn curls. Never have I kissed a man Or held him in my arms To know I'm safe inside him Always safe from harm. Never have I held the heart Of the man I loved, He never knew quite how I felt When he just pushed and shoved. Then I started thinking Of all those things I've never done And started to cry in spite of myself Of what I had yet to become. As I cried at all my faults I felt tears slide down my cheeks. I began to remember all the things I've done in the past week. I have comforted a crying baby Soothing her with song. She soon fell into a deep sleep It didn't seem too wrong. I have skipped rocks in the river Flowing behind my house. Sitting in solitude on the quiet day I saw three fish, a bird, a mouse. I have lived my life for God Raising my voice to Him. Sitting in my small white church, I gave my heart to Him. Suddenly I realized that Through it all My life doesn't seem as bad As it had moments ago, One night when I went walking Through the darkened streets... |