A Confused Heart

By: Anna Hawkes Cabral

Tangled in a web of emotion

My heart drowns in the turbulent ocean 

Of confusing thoughts and feelings

Of contradictory desires and meanings

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O that I could return to simplicity

O that I could relinquish my iniquity

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Of doubting instead of trusting

Of wavering instead of persisting

Of fighting instead of yielding

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Lord, set me free from the mire of despair

Lord, lift me out of this dark lair

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Then I will see Your light once more

And praise You Lord like times before