I was stripped clean and rubbed raw,
Thrown into the world where everyone saw,
How my scars from being doused in pain,
Have been washed away by the rain,

With darkness ahead and nothing behind,
I tried to stifle the monster inside,
It scratched and tore at my heart,
And very slowly I fell apart,

As I lay bruised and trampled in the dust,
Angry, hurt and filled with lust,
I saw a light; the Father and the Son,
Who picked me up; and forgave me for all I have done,

Now I am free from the ghosts of my past,
I see a reason to live at last.