Uneven Odds
I once knew your father wellHe fought tears as he spoke of your mother's healthI guess a part of him just couldn’t returnForgiveness is a lesson he cursed you to learn
As your guardian I was instructed wellTo make sense of God’s love in these fires of hellNo I don’t expect you to understandJust to live what little life your broken heart can
Maybe your light is a seedAnd the darkness the dirtIn spite of the uneven oddsBeauty lifts from the earthFrom the earthFrom the earth
As the years move on these questions take shapeAre you getting stronger or is time shifting weight?No one expects you to understandJust to live what little life your mended heart can
You’ll always remember the moment God took her awayFor the weight of the world was placed on your shoulders that day
Maybe your light is the seedAnd the darkness the dirtIn spite of the uneven oddsBeauty lifts from the earthFrom the earth
You’re much too young nowSo I write these words down,“Darkness exists to make light truly count.”