Soldier Blue

On bended knee I seek you My father whom I trust I feel your disappointment My pain and shame too much Too much for whom a voice replies You forget now where you tread When first you called upon my name My hand was on your head I cast your sins from east to west I forgive you now my son Your price was paid upon a cross Your soul at stake was won What's past is past I heard him speak Now go and sin no more Find a wife that loves me too And watch my blessings pour I'll teach her all about you What comforts you in pain And how you love to take a walk In the summer evening rain The man in you will quickly be The sunshine in her life She'll have your love the rest of days And be your faithful wife She'll have to learn how to forgive For you're a complex man But if she does her life will be Amazing through my plan So too it's you that now must learn To trust me in the rain For when you walk I walk with you That's where I heal

Winter skies bring longing gaze of promises amidst a haze of emptiness and loss In frigid cold the owl unfolds Her wings and takes to flight Natures tempest tossed Now sun shines upon the snow As dawn reveals secreted foe Amidst the floral moss She sweeps her wings wide Catching wind and slows Her speed to loss Talons wide with Spartan pride Her chick deep in it's grasp The snake is tossed Done and done the snake so shuned And so the mother knows Her fate is lost With exasperated breath the screech The mother owl doeth shrink Into the winter frost Owl resplendent in relief Her chick now safe at cost Her life now all but lost Will a bite within her feathers mend Mother Owl knows better friend Her save comes at such cost A bowed head for it is said God's love is ne'er for not But love is still so often fraught Raised head held o'er the dead Of he who promised hurt Snake in Eden naught

I know that life is sometimes hard It helps to have a friend I thought I'd found a friend in you So hearts could fully mend Now people sometimes grumble That's just part of life And when that happens wrap your arms Around unwanted strife Stand your ground with softened tone Hold your arms out wide Wounded hearts just need to see That love can master pride Don't run away when thunder rolls So anger can creep in Tell him that you love him true Do not empower sin You'll find that soon he'll wonder what He grumbled for to start And with a gentle hug and kiss You've healed a wounded heart