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