One More Street

 

I got hurt over here

And I fell over there

I tripped and I fumbled

But I’m going somewhere

 

I laughed and I cried

I healed up inside

And I keep coming back

For the things not yet tried

 

I’ve been swallowed by love

Not right nor enough

But this diamond has shine

Though it lies in the rough

 

The sorrow of loss

The pain of defeat

Can’t turn me away

From walking just one more street

 

Past seasons and years

They cover the ground

The hope and the fears

Keep bringing me round

 

What’s left behind

I can take and I’ll wear

Until I turn the last corner

To find that someone who’s there

 

This soul and this spirit

Keep moving to light

From many a wrong turn

To the one that leads right

 

                     s. paul    (June 2020)