The lashes of life you may not see
Just by looking at me
I have hid the emotional scars deep within
And I have pretended my tears were diamonds
My mother beat me most of the time with an invisible whip
made with hurtful words that cut deep
But no one read the abusive signs
I carried like chains
When she thought I hadn't suffered enough
She beat me with anything close to her hands
And each time when she finally let me go I ran
Hoping to find a way of escape
No matter my childhood age
I was a frightened child
For I lived in the devil's rage
Even now that I am a grown woman
That frightened child lives within me
But I hide her so the world will not see
What a "Mother" did to her
When my mother died
People wondered why I hardly cried
I, and the child within me watched
as mother was lowered in her deep dark grave
And I knew she would never again
Hurt the little child within me
I now know JESUS and I love Him so
He sees and knows the little frightened child
within me
JESUS is gently healing the scars mother's lashes made
And I thank JESUS because I believe
One day this frightened child will be free
