Uplifting poem |
I stand now in a Prison of my own making I've placed each stone by hand I built the bars with bridges burnt It's so tight I can barely stand Shackled in bitterness and anger Hurt and defeat Bound by sorrow and drowned with tears Tormented by this infernal heat I'm cut to pieces By my broken heart By shattered dreams See I was a dreamer at the start But one day I saw a man He was just passing by He picked up a fallen sparrow And lifted it to the sky I thought what a wonder This man outside my cell I noticed a set of keys he had And two were death and hell I cried out to the man I don't know if you can help me See I'm in my own prison He replied "it's you I came to see At his command the door burst open The walls came crumbling down The bands were loosed the chains all fell I was free and glad to be found And as a potter who works the clay He mended my broken heart He healed my wounds And hand in hand we did depart He said my name is Jesus And I'll be your dearest friend I'll never leave nor forsake you Even after your life comes to an end Though I found you in a Prison Today you'll be with me And when your life is over We'll walk by my crystal sea Welcome to the family You're now a child of the king And so from this day forward From my heart and mouth do his praises ring |