Long Journey Home

Rejected by love
by a mother's need,
no explanation,
doubts curse; my life's creed.

Unknown; cast from home to home,
an inconvenient truth,
society turns its eye
from a bruised and broken youth.

Peers discard my value
in their rush for comfort,
going through life alone,
shadows now triumphant.

Burden's yoke taking me low,
just high – by my drug of choice,
whispering fear fills the noise
silencing my lonely voice.

Searching in empty glances,
worth becomes a hopeless chase,
as beauty's claim is fleeting,
indifference; becomes my hiding place…

In the ruins of my failures
came a God pursuing me,
walking my dusty street
with a stunning grace so free.

To a family, I now belong
my heart filled with a brand-new song,
I'm forgiven for all my wrong,
in His refuge, I journey strong.

Accepted by love
by a Saviour's gift,
He explains all things,
my life no longer drifts.

real truth from my doubts I sift…