“In Your Arms”
As a child I used to dream
Of a magical place where no one would scream
Where the sunshine warmed my freckled face
And memories of pain could all be erased
Where the soft breeze would blow through my hair
And I could walk without a care
Where the sand would seep between my toes
And I could hide from my painful woes
As the water lapped against my feet
My heart could recover from hurt and defeat
Swaddled in a blanket, the world shut out tight
No matter the pain I would be all right
A place that only existed in my young mind
That as I grew up became harder to find
The older I got I couldn’t pretend
And wounds left by life needed much more to mend
That world disappeared as age took its place
Until the day it returned in your sweet embrace
In your arms I feel safer than I ever did then
And I can thank God I need no longer pretend