CHAINED

LORD, PLEASE,

REMOVE THESE CHAINS FROM ME

AND SET ME FREE.

I AM TIRED, OH SO TIRED,

OF HAVING TO BE WHEELED AROUND

LIKE A LITTLE CHILD.

YOU HAVE PLACED THIS FIRE IN MY HEART

EVER SINCE MY MAMA PARTED THIS WORLD.

I SAW HER TAKE HER LAST BREATHS,

AND SOMETHING HAPPENED INSIDE OF ME.

YOU OPENED MY EYES SO I COULD SEE

THE LOST, THE SAD, THE FORGOTTEN, THE MAD.

AND I FINALLY, IN FAITH,

BECAUSE THE WAY SEEMED DARK AT FIRST,

BUT THEN YOU PUT LIGHTS AT MY FEET,

AND I COULD SEE THE WAY SO CLEARLY.

I WILL WALK IN FAITH,

CHAINED OR NOT

BECAUSE I CAN STILL PRAY FOR OTHERS,

PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER, SISTER, AND MOTHER.

BUT ONE THING I ASK

IS THAT THEY DON'T SEE THIS CHAINED BODY,

 BUT THE LIGHT THAT YOU'VE PLACED INSIDE ME.

PLEASE, LORD, LET THEM SEE YOU INSTEAD.