I am your Shepherd

Written By: Susan Evans

Matthew Ragan, with us Always.

Be not afraid

I go before you, always

Come follow me, and I will give you rest

Once you were lost, but now you’re found

Free from constraints and no longer bound

Oh baby, do not weep

Your soul is pure and sweet

That child was given tainted love

It stops with you, as you will rise above

The past isn’t something to fear

Hush inner child, I am here

Be not afraid

I go before you, always

Come follow me, and I will give you rest

There is no reason for shame

As you are not the one to blame

Allow yourself to grieve

Accept rather than suppress and disbelieve

Unlock that cage that you put yourself in

Protection isn’t steel bars and holding within

That weight and burden keeps you down

Plastering a face of a permanent frown

Be not afraid

I go before you, always

Come follow me, and I will give you rest

Learn to open your heart and forgive

What that broken child did

Holding on to anger will deteriorate your health

They are just a broken child themselves

Strive to become what your inner child needed

Being the one that succeeded

Breaking the generational trauma tradition

Lifting that weight by admission

Be not afraid

I go before you, always

Come follow me, and I will give you rest

Family secrets, are a wooden cross

A weight that is dragged across

Generations

Without discrimination

Forming separation

And alienation

Carrying your cross to your crucifixion

By the means of addiction

Be not afraid

I go before you, always

Come follow me, and I will give you rest

I will raise you up, On eagles wings

Bear you are, The breath of dawn

Make you shine like the sun

And hold you in the palm, of my hands.