Jud Sharp
Telling Stories in Words and Pictures and Song
All My Life
Before I come …to the end
I want my life to begin
All my life
I’ve tried to be free
I wanted to find something greater than what was around me
Perhaps a wife
Could satisfy this life
And tie up all the loose ends that surround and confound me
But then you came to me
With a whole new way to see
Something that moved like a river that flows to the ocean
No need to change
Nothing left to lose or gain
Now I feel like the breeze that floats from the seas to the mountains
From there, there is nothing to see but the sky all around me
I can see the sun, the moon and stars that surround me
All my questions fall away
Now my life can begin today
Who am I?
All my life I have tried
To wander through every door, down every road I came to
But I never realized
No matter how hard I tried
That all the answers I seek can be found inside me
Then I came to you
And there I found something new
Something that moved like a river that flows to the ocean
You reached to me
Bending down upon one knee
Then you lifted me up above every love I ever imagined
From miles above, I could feel a warm love all around me
Mile, after mile, after mile your sweet smile has found me
Looking down, I wondered why
How I came to fly so high
Can I stay here if I try?