I hurt inside, I try to hide
The pain in here – I can’t get near
It seems to say, just go away
And do not let your guard down yet
I cannot tell quite how I fell
Into this hole, this frozen role
Or where it goes, or if one knows
If I can see how to get free
You say to me, you have the key
And I reply, but what if I
Can’t reach across the hurt and loss?
The gulf of pain leaps up again
Yet I step out through all the doubt
And there you stand to take my hand
And help me move to trust and love
A lifeline rope of hard-fought hope
