There's an old, old quilt sitting high on a shelf
It's torn and tattered, not unlike myself
Sometimes, at the oddest hour, in the still of night
Or, on my knees thanking God for morning light
I see it in my mind’s eye, I hear it calling out
Just as I do
When it was spanking new,
it sparkled as a dewy morn
Just as I did, so long ago,
on the day I was born
When I hear it calling my name
I sit motionless, sometimes feeling shame
My thought’s often race,
my heart beats a rapid pace
Too many times I've lived in guilt
Today, though, I realized,
as He opened my eyes
My life needs mending as simply
as that old tattered quilt
I will take it from the shelf
and I will tenderly touch
Each torn, tattered place;
I will hold it to my face
I will whisper thanks to my
precious great great grandmother
And to God who graciously
leads me unlike any other
He hears our cry, He holds our hand,
and helps us to understand
Even torn and tattered,
mending our soul is what truly mattered
That laughin', happy girl is still here.
I'm going to find her now, and play!