Journey Poem by GORDON GILHULY

I lost the family I tried to hold

I lost the love I tried to find

I sought out warmth but gave back cold

For hidden pain had made me blind.


I didn't know I'd built a wall

That locked me in and others out

No wonder no one heard me call

No wonder life was filled with doubt


for the world's more full of weeping than I can understand


Then one day the shell just cracked

Snapped in two by your loving hand

I knew what was missing, what I lacked

A fire was lit, the flames were fanned.


Forgive my father, my son and me

Move beyond the pain I chose

Regain the power I once set free

Take from your hand the loving rose.


I have opened those rooms so long locked tight

I shall face the pain, not running away

I shall honour the darkness while facing the light

I shall purge my shame with the dawn of day.


Rejoice in life, in love now flowing

Moving upward, always growing.


for the world's more full of goodness than I can understand