to keep the life within a life that had no voice
it must have surely seemed the harder road to choose
to be so young to have to say who had the most to lose
but she came through like a champ and she blessed the world that day
then gave the hope of a better life when she gave him away
now the innocence and joy is there each day he wakes
expressions of his love of life in every breath he takes
he could have been thrown away before he had a chance to say

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hey world, I am here and I have something to give
hey world, I'm alive and I am wanting to live

he turned to lock the door as he wiped away a tear
the hopelessness of missing love, his adolescent fear
as he struggled for the strength to put the gun away
he found the courage and the hope to face another day
he could have been blown away before he had a chance to say

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down the corridor or life in between our death and birth
we may start to lose our way in the search to find our worth
our value comes in the face we live
life is a gift only God can give

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Jeremiah 1:5, Acts 17:25

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