In Search Of....

If tomorrow life is no longer as I know it to be

and the birds are no longer singing in the trees

If the quiet neighborhood that I called home

is an alley down a dead end zone

If all the people that I love

are no longer there to give me a hug

If the sound of laughter is replaced with hunger

and the roaring that I hear is the sound of thunder

If everything I own is no longer mine

and all that I am left with is the passing of time

I will reach for the sky and hope for a star

to take my tired mind on a journey afar

Beyond what I have known

and into a place where lo and behold

I can fly like a sparrow

and free my thoughts of sorrow

to come face to face with whom I want to be

to come face to face with my destiny

for forgiveness has been a stranger to me

but forgiveness will set me free

because it’s never too late for a fresh start

because living is learning from the heart