In the dark, alone
With only night as a friend
My face must have shown
With tears finally shed

But cried as I might
The pain would not cease
Held through the whole fight
It had finally unleashed

Clutching to my soul
The hurt would not go
As my tears kept to roll
In this night of sorrow

But as my depression
Continued its recession
Into the infinite hollow
A beam did I spy
And though run did I try
The light, merely followed

At last, tired of the chase
I slowed my pace
To see why the light pursued
And to my surprise
It was not my demise
That sought my gloomy mood

The light was a savior
A liberator with the key
To take some of my labor
And pain away from me

And who put up this fight?
Why, my own caring friends
Who bathed me in light-
Now my darkness forever ends.

I look upon a flag
With stripes red and white
The stars among the blue
Midnight summer’s night

High above our heads
Flapping in the wind
It reminds us of our freedom
And also of our sins