And the Innocent Cry

"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Revelation 21:4

Little girl lays, eyes wide open

Wanting sleep to come her way

Tortured by the guilty feelings

That plague her mind day after day

There was no hero there to rescue

No one to save her soul that day

When her childhood was stolen

Evil took from her away

And the innocent cry

Still she goes on with the secret

Shamed that she had done the wrong

No one knows the weight she carries

As she wills her life along

While the innocent cry

If only she could be forgiven

For the wrong she did not do

She knows that rest will find her somehow

If only other people knew

And then one night she finds the courage

To share her secret with someone

Who assures her she's forgiven

For a crime she has not done

Not alone, the innocent cry

Night in peace she drifts to sleep

Guilt no longer holds her mind

Loss and sadness still shall linger

But forgiveness she did find

Still, the innocent cry