Goodness has been here

For all of my days,

Yet filled in with fear

Is where my life stays.

I’ve been unthankful

My heart filled with rust;

I can't just stay dull,

And rot in the lust.

Help me to break free

And live fully true;

Show me the life tree

And please see me through.

I know if I ask

That it will be done,

But it is a hard task

To not up and run.

I know he’ll follow

And help show me through.

Safe is the swallow

All days old and new. 

I am unfaithful

But aid me you do;

Help the unstable

Show us what is true.

Good acts are answered

By one and the same,

I feel I’m cornered

Don’t know my own name.

Cause fear is a liar

And lies cause much pain,

Sharp like a briar

And nothing they gain.

Yet goodness pursued

Me all days anew;

Though I’ve been sorrowed

I see now, I do.

That surely it trails

And fights for my hand;

It helps through the wails

And sees that I’m grand.

Yes sometimes I fail

To see that it’s there;

Then I see a nail

Through hands raw and bear.