My Battle

I feel so lost in this world.
So many questions
Around my head whirl.
Why so often do I stumble and fall?
Unto my savior I know I must call.
Oh, there's something holding me back.
What is it that I lack?
On the outside a smile,
All my being in denial,
And my pride takes me farther,
Farther from my Lord.
All through the midnight hours,
A battle have I within me
As my shame doth consume me.
In the stillness. in the darkness of the night,
Emptiness overwhelms me.
Oh, how my heart aches;
Aches to be with Thee,
But my pride takes me farther,
Farther from my Lord.
As my guilt eats away at my most inner core-
There I sit alone exhausted and sore.
Day by day,
With each step that I take.
I dig myself deeper-
Making every wrong turn
O, Lord, when will I learn!
I cannot live apart from you.
For Lord, you are the air I breathe,
You have made me who I am.
I am but a lamb.
Show me your way.