themes: shame, unconditional love, faith

the loving embrace of a Father

is the only probable cure for

the piercing chain of guilt

whose bondage wraps my heart

when He is gone for so long

i ask what despair in darkness

but only to find after all

i was the one who ran from home

i couldn't look at my reflection

the mirror screamed back an ugly curse

i slashed my hair and burned my clothes

when could i ever return

but after these years He waits

somehow time still falters me

has it been a hundred years

or merely a day in His time

even still He holds me again

i cannot convince my warrior's mind

that i am deserving of love

yet here i stand wholly myself