A Patient’s Prayer

Smilin’ on the outside
While I’m cryin’ on the inside
Why can‘t I just let you know
Why is it that I can’t show you
Who I really am

Behind my mask, beneath my shell
If you look hard you will find
A lonely child with a sad sweet smile
A special friend of mine
That part of me I won’t let you see
Unless I know it’s safe
Let me open up,let me learn to trust
For this, O Lord, I pray

Or I’ll keep smilin’ on the outside
While I’m cryin’ on the inside
Afraid to let you really know
Scared you’d leave me if I showed you
Who I really am


©bobby watts 2008

Let Hope Float

Beginnings can be scary
Endings are often sad
It’s the stuff in the middle that matters
That’s where we find love at


So with each new beginning
As we reach a fork in the road
Take time to pause and remember
To make room to let hope float


Love can hurt you when you least expect it to
It can bruise your very soul
And despair can overwhelm you
In the fight to be made whole


Face the fear..reach out your hand
Dare to let love grow
Trust that someone really understands
And make room to let hope float


It’s not easy..this business of giving up
Your heart’s guardian one you hardly know
But surrender yields treasures..the reward is love
When you make room to let hope float


©bobby watts 2008