Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

When they hurt We feel it When they bleed  Our hearts bleed too I’m moments when they’re quiet And we don’t know what to do We sit in apprehension  We worry and we pray  Our hearts raise up to heaven These beings  We’ve helped make And sigh  We realize They’re early in this journey And it’s a long road ahead They fight with what’s around them All the thoughts inside their heads The many voices  the world tells them Fills them up with lies We just pray the truth Will come clearly Before their eyes And we cry As we realize We can’t control the future For them, not even for us We can only beckon The one who shields us With his love We rise And realize The truth is greater And we give them up As hard as it is It’s not our cup Sigh Dear Lord, Open up their eyes. 12/10/25 clc

(sometimes) wake a little lonely stirring in my heart stings  gentle reminders  from all the time before me take a breathe just try to be it isn’t easy to find peace when I’ve known so much of that other thing (yet I still try to believe) that there’ll be a day  when all the wandering  when all the time taken to find myself might open and reveal all this  that surrounds me will show that it is real (not that I doubt all that we feel) it’s just (sometimes) I wake a little lonely eight years on my own makes somedays a little too real and I feel 12/09/25 clc

Looking up Into the heavens End of Night Before the Dawn Finding refuge In my coffee Sitting still With a deep yawn  Seeking solace As my spirit starts to wake Knowing I am So small Amidst all that swirls  at break of day The universe seems distant Like the stars that soon will fade I take another sip Rising to shower Knowing my way Will be full of all The trappings We humans fall into And enjoy Lost so easily Is the hope Covered by all the noise Take a breath Wait… Knowing There’s another way Your ways are higher I look to the skies But really just need to listen And find the wonder in my eyes Your Spirit is alive Amidst the miles that lay ahead And will be with me Until I lay my head Back down to sleep Counting sheep I call out Wondering if you’re near Silly after all these years You’d think I’d remember all the clear Reminders of your breath Whispered in my ear All the times I’ve heard you Amidst times of joy And deepest fear I stop this morning And recognize Thankful for t...

You Love me in the mornings When my soul, barely awake Restless in my core Feel my body shake I am lonely But I know I’m not alone Often wonder What it’s like to feel ‘home’ Tears stream down In these emotions I almost drown Somber Without a reason The world would understand Just the weight I carry Burden I have to lay down Each day I wake I hope for it to ease And many days  He gives that gift to me But I wrestle I fight My spirit Knows my life Depends on breath From the only place That brings rest… <breathe> 12/01/25 clc The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3