My Cross to Bear

Michael Ferro

When the pall of unlight rises above me
and hollow voices fill the night
It strips away the safe surrounding
and leaves the bridge I cross, oh so bare

This Burden this cross that I bear
becomes the wake of yesterday with no hands left to hold
Each day becomes another meting out the time
Soon I learn this cross I bare afflicts one life, that's mine

Mundane and magnificent and all things in between
Leave the holds of yesterday, fall in something new

This Burden, this cross that I bear
becomes the wake of yesterday with no hands left to hold
Each day becomes another meting out the time
Soon I learn this cross I bare afflicts one life, that's mine

Leave the holds of yesterday, fall in something new
The path I never tread before, the live that’s left unlived
becomes my cross to bear, adding to my fear

This Burden this cross that I bear
becomes the wake of yesterday with no hands left to hold
Each day becomes another meting out the time
Soon I learn this cross I bare afflicts one life, that's mine

Soon the lessons learned are lost to yesterday
becomes the wake of yesterday with no hand left to hold
Each day becomes another meting out the time
Now I know this cross I bear afflicts only mine
Yesterday