You Were There

   I needed someone to share

        A vict’ry, a smile, to say “I care.”

        To see my act as a conquered goal,

        To understand the intent of my soul.

You were there.



        I needed someone to know

        That anyone can sink as low

        As someone else in this world we’re in

        And love me still in spite of my sin.

You were there.



        I needed someone to see

        The pain, the shame inside of me

        As passing marks of an uphill climb

        And know I’d change with the help of time.

You were there.



        I needed someone to live

        And in the force of life to give

        Me life and joy: a desire to try

        And set my sights on the highest high.

You were there.



        I needed someone to hear

        The pounding heart, the stifled tear

        The things I felt but could not say

        And yet, you heard them anyway

‘Cause you were there.
D Woodall  1981