One Night

One Night

One night when I went walking
     Through the darkened streets
I started thinking about my life
     And began to feel incomplete.

Never have I accomplished
     Anything so great
As to bring me huge riches
     To buy a large estate.

Never have I been one of the most
     Of the popular girls
Top of the class or prom queen
     Crowned with auburn curls.

Never have I kissed a man
     Or held him in my arms
To know I'm safe inside him
     Always safe from harm.

Never have I held the heart
     Of the man I loved,
He never knew quite how I felt
     When he just pushed and shoved.

Then I started thinking
     Of all those things I've never done
And started to cry in spite of myself
     Of what I had yet to become.

As I cried at all my faults
     I felt tears slide down my cheeks.
I began to remember all the things
     I've done in the past week.

I have comforted a crying baby
     Soothing her with song.
She soon fell into a deep sleep
     It didn't seem too wrong.

I have skipped rocks in the river
     Flowing behind my house.
Sitting in solitude on the quiet day
     I saw three fish, a bird, a mouse.

I have lived my life for God
     Raising my voice to Him.
Sitting in my small white church,
     I gave my heart to Him.

Suddenly I realized that
     Through it all
My life doesn't seem as bad
     As it had moments ago,
One night when I went walking
     Through the darkened streets...