I hold you in my heart
I carry you with me
Even when we are apart
My love you can guarantee

I will never stop missing you
When distance pulls us away
This much I know to be true
my love will always stay

I can be complicated and confusing
I contradict myself and my feelings can sometimes be fragile
I never finish things that I start, I eat way too much ice cream, and I can often be inconsistent
I can be naïve, paranoid, self-critical, unrealistic, and needy
But these things don’t scare you
I don’t have to hide my craziness or irrational thought processes from you
You know me
And yet, you do not run
Everything that I am tells me that you are a dream
That you are a figment of my imagination that I have constructed in my head
That you will change your mind
But you don’t leave. You promise me that you won’t
And finally I am learning to believe you.

little girl all alone,
you thought you could do this on your own.
little girl so afraid,
look at all this mess that you have made.
little girl so upset,
those faults and shortcomings you will never forget.
little girl why so numb?
Don't you see all that you can become?
little girl what is your deal?
Why do you forbid yourself to feel?
little girl where is your belief?
Don't you know, He is the only one who can give you relief?
little girl why so hard?
You don't have to live life scarred.
little girl lift up your face.
God is here for you to embrace.
little girl believe in the Lord!
Running to Him will make you restored!
little girl it is never to late
for God to clean you and give you a blank slate.
little girl you are never too much
for God's gentle love and forgiving touch
little girl you are not forsaken!
God has restored your soul and your burden He has taken!