Hear My Prayer

She stared out the window on a dark grey day

Watching the grey clouds pass on by

Dressed in black her father took her hand

Squeezing it tight he said,

"Darlin' don't you worry. I am right by your side. Though Mama's gone,

just know that I will never leave your side,"

 

She took his promise and held in her heart and prayed that it would stay.

Then one late night he came home

More drunk then he should be

Running outside she fell on her knees and looked up at the sky

 

God can you hear my prayer

Please take me away from here

I'm scared and alone

Please take this misery and pain away

Shield me from the dark

Oh, take my hand

Guide me up there where it is safe.

 

Months passed by without a change

Her daddy got worse

bottles were scattered throughout the house

and the smell of alcohol was clear