cry yourself to sleep

© 2008, Ryan Dale

Wandering comforters at a loss for words
trying to offer any kind of peace
So you smile and cry, and you break inside
Nothing can hold your heart together

Days find weeks turning into months ...
and you smile like yesterday and the day before

Don't tell me you're alright
when I can see the broken tears in your eyes
You say that you'll be fine
but we both know you cry yourself to sleep at night

So many words of hope, then you're there alone
left to remember how it used to be
Then you slip away as you lose the days
you can't make it on your own

You find the hole cutting through your heart ...
and you climb into the darkness to escape the light

Don't tell me you're alright
when I can see the broken tears in your eyes
You say that you'll be fine
but we both know you cry yourself to sleep at night
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Know that you're not alone
I have been where you are
There is peace and rest
if you give your pain to Jesus
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I know you'll be alright
now I see the tears of joy in your eyes
Love has come again like before
holding you all through the night

1 Peter 5:6-7