SITTING HERE, I LOOK ON THE INSIDE
WONDERING ABOUT THE INNER BATTLES
THE BATTLES THAT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT
THE BATLES THAT CAUSE YOU TO STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
THE BATTLES THAT MAKE YOU WONDER WHO YOU ARE
THE BATTLES THAT SEEM TO NEVER GET EASIER
THAT IF ONE ISNT WON SOON, THEN YOUR WHOLE LIFE COULD COME TUMBLING DOWN
THE BATTLES THAT CAUSE YOU TO QUESTION EVERYONE AROUND
THE BATTLES THAT RIP YOU UP INSIDE

I WONDER WHEN THE BATTLES WILL TAKE AN EASE,
EVEN FOR A MOMENT SO I CAN BREATHE,
I NEED THEM TO TAKE AN EASE SO I CAN SEE THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY AGAIN,
BECAUSE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO DARK AND GREY WITHIN.
THE BATTLES WITHIN THAT ARE CAUSING THE DARKNESS,
IS ALSO CAUSING THE TEARS AND SO MANY FEARS ,
TO THE POINT THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO END ....
IS THERE AN END TO THE DARKNESS; IS THERE AN END TO THE BATTLES WITHIN?

I KNOW WHAT I NEED, BUT AGAIN AFRAID TO ASK.
PLEASE TAKE ME BY THE HAND,
WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME,
AND GUIDE ME WITH TENDER LOVING CARE TO THE LIGHT.
THE LIGHT , JUST GLIMPSE OF IT, WILL HELP EASE THE BATTLES WITHIN;
AND WITH A GLIMPSE OF LIGHT...
PLEASE, I BEG YOU, JUST A SPECKLE IS ALL I ASK ...
SO THAT THE LIGHT WILL CONSUME THE DARKNESS
BECAUSE WHERE THERE IS LIGHT THE DARKNESS HAS TO DISAPPEAR.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY I AM LEFT TO FEEL SO ALONE ...
ARE YOU THERE? I JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE......
BUT THEN AGAIN IT IS MY BATTLES WITHIN.....SO WHO REALLY CARES?
THEY ARE MY BATTLES AFTER ALL.

COPYRIGHT : PATTY WORSTELL

Hi Patty, and welcome among us! We are fortunate and happy to have you, and we thank you for joining us.

My mother's name was Patti; she always spelled it with an "i" at the end, but her whole name was Patricia. She really hated it, for some reason, when anybody called her Pat, although she had everybody pretty well trained to never do that. So when I saw your name it got my attention, and I thought of Mom.

Thanks both for coming and for sharing this poem with us. I hope you will make yourself at home here and feel welcome, because you are.

Respect and solidarity,

+Stevie