Her Own Strength

She wasn't even one years old

When you left her on her own

She could count on one hand

All the times she saw you in her past

She learned to live without you there

Not with bitterness or despair

She learned that love could be found elsewhere

And all her dreams did not have to end there

Out of brokenness comes mending

Out of loss comes strength

She learned her life didn't depend on

The choices that you made

And she could go on in her own strength

It wasn't always easy when she was a child

She fought through the issues

Created by the holes you left behind

As she grew older and stronger

Any need for you was left behind

Not to wound or to destroy

Just a part of life's journey left behind

Out of brokenness comes mending

Out of loss comes strength

She learned her life didn't depend on

The choices that you made

And she could go on in her own strength

She's not responsible to help you

Make up for the choices of your past

You need to find your own way

To come to terms with what you left behind

Out of brokenness comes mending

Out of loss comes strength

She learned her life didn't depend on

The choices that you made

And she could go on in her own strength

She wasn't even one years old

When you left her on her own