Another Rock

His first memory in this life

Is of abuse and rejection,

Viewed only as a source of strife

He’s beaten in more ways than one

An orphan, strangers all around

He runs away simply because

The love he seeks is never found

And hands, like stones, is all there was

There, another rock—

A young child’s heart is broken

Being molded by hands placed on him

Changing, needing, yearning, pleading, “Please help me!”

Somehow it’s all working together

To make him what he will be—

Strength springs from the rock.

Verse 2

Barely a teen, he’s taken in

By a kind couple who provides

Yet afraid he cannot win,

There is none in whom he confides.

Then a mother, who first loved much

Leads him into a rocking chair—

Irish lullabies, tender touch,

A new beginning’s in the air.

Then, another rock

A young man’s heart is broken

Being molded by hands placed on him

Changing, needing, yearning, pleading, “Please help me!”

Somehow it’s all working together

To make him what he will be—

Strength springs from the rock.

Verse 3

The years pass and life’s lessons learned

Bring him to his knees and to truth

Until his heart within him burns—

On eagle’s wings, he exits youth.

He knows a more excellent way—

Newfound strength, new motivation

These loving hands are here to stay—

A foundation of salvation.

Then, another Rock

A new man’s heart is broken

Being molded by hands placed on him

Changing, needing, yearning, pleading, “Please help me!”

Somehow it’s all working together

To make him what he will be—

Strength springs from The Rock.