Relief
I want to ride the breeze tonight
and find a far off place
where I can make the wrongs all right
and clean my tear stained face;
To bandage up my bleeding heart
and allow the wounds to heal;
To fix a smile that can't depart
nor let pain be revealed.
Somewhere I can eat the words
I've spoken with regret,
and put the painful things I've heard
somewhere I can forget.
There is a place to do these things
where I can find relief.
I can to the altar bring
the pain, the wrongs, the grief.
So, to my closet I must go
to tell it to the Lord.
One thing I have come to know
these things I can't afford.
For Jesus paid for all these things
I no longer need to bear.
I can find relief again
when I meet Him in prayer.
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Submitted on July 20, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD EFXF GHGH EIXI |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 708 |
Words | 146 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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