It keeps on beating deep inside me

Though often I've asked it to stop

It has been torn and broken

Yet never giving up

Sometimes it bleeds invisibly

From wounds only we know about

And it hurts together with me

With pain no one knows about

It is stronger than I am

When I feel all hope is gone

I tell my heart, "let's give up."

It replies, "I will beat on."

"I will fight the battle,"

"Even if you won't,"

"For I can feel God's presence"

"Even when you don't."

"I hear His voice whisper,"

"Keep on keeping on."

"The storm will pass and she will thank you,"

"That you kept her living on."