Prodigal

By: Gwyneth Covey

Tags: No Eye Has Seen Winter 2023

 

I don’t have a good explanation 

But I hope he finds one 

And can live with the answer 

And I wish I could offer some consolation 

And I wish I could save him 

I’d take his place 

And if this is my meager love 

Then I think I understand it 

If this is my love then I know why God was so damn heavy handed 

He’s prodigal, he’s beautiful 

He’s looking for heaven and finds only hell 

He is wondering, he is wandering 

He is looking for evidence of new beginnings 

And I pray 

He’ll come back to the father 

And I pray 

he won’t go any farther 

The scars on his heart are bleeding something profusely And I wish I could fix them 

But I think that he’d miss them 

And the world around him gets darker with every memory And he knows what’s evil 

But he can’t find a saviour 

And if this is my meager love 

Then I think I understand it 

If this is my love then I know why God was so damn heavy handed 

He’s prodigal, he’s beautiful 

He’s looking for heaven and finds only hell 

He is wondering, he is wandering 

He is looking for evidence of new beginnings 

And I pray 

He’ll come back to the father 

And I pray 

he won’t go any farther 

And my heart breaks 

And he runs off with the pieces 

And he strays 

As I cry out for Jesus 

And I pray