Out on a Wire
For so long i've been trapped
Above the waiting eyes on the streets below
Listening as they've cheered and clapped
Me on, as if my struggle they know.
Across the way lies my final destination
Separated, it from I, by a single swaying wire.
To astound a nation
I must cross it step by step and quench the fire
Burning inside me from fear.
A couple of times I've tried,
Yet I've not come near
That step of faith, and I've lied
Oh so many times to myself,
Saying that next time will be for real,
That the next time I'll bound across, nimble as an elf,
Finally reaching the other side and the happiness I'm destined to feel.
Alas, here I stand
Waiting in vain
For someone to send me a helping hand
To get me across and end my pain.
I went through hell
To get up on this vantage point
Only to hear the sweet bells
Calling out my name, waiting to anoint
And bless
With love so sweet
That will finally give me rest.
If only i could, on the wire, place my feet.
Yet, one night
Came to me, a wraith,
That caused me to shake in fright
When He told me of little faith
That all I had to do
To get to my Promised Land
Was to push through
And believe despite the ominous things I see,
To hold onto the gentle hand
Of my loving God
Whose protection of me spanned
So far and wide it left me awed.
I took my first step on the wire, and
He did not let me fall.
Now my soul was afire,
Not from fear, but from giving Him my all.
Now I can finally touch the bells that for have so long sounded
So beautifully from afar for me.
Now with incredible love I'm surrounded, and
No longer trapped, but free.