Dolph L. Chaney

BALM IN GILEAD

Staring blankly through empty space
like a frightened child
The cruel memories won't be erased
nor the heart reconciled
It's a brutally sad attempt
at reclaiming my fate
Full of bitterness and contempt
I'm indignant too late

But it's all just another try
to take it back again and hope to find
some kind of reason why

All I ask for is peace of mind
a place to rest my head
but I don't know if I'll ever find
a balm in Gilead
When I find light, I snuff it out
by running up too fast
and so I'm haunted by this nagging doubt
I can't outrun the past

Re-establishing confidence
seems a meaningless quest
when you view life as pestilence
and an eternal test
I could find it here on this road
or it might be the next
but there has to be a place where my load
can finally be laid to rest

a place to rest my head
a balm in Gilead

©1992 Dolph Chaney

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