Father, please forgive me,
For taking the life
That was within me.
For lettin' fear win,
Lettin' the enemy in,
Lord, please forgive me.

The darkness of my womb,
He only saw,
Did he hear my tears,
When I thought of him gone,
No one told me it was wrong to do,
Oh Lord I should have listened to You.

I knew in my heart
A child was what I wanted,
But still I made the choice,
To end what You had started
An image of You--
the reflection of You,
Instead--a life forgotten.

I thought of him as a
Sickness, pain and fear,
Not as a life, that I should hold dear,
O my little lost unknown
My first and never born,
Forgive me for sending you
To heaven unmourned

Oh to rock him in my arms,
And close to my breast,
Instead of life I delivered death.
I let fear win,
Let the enemy in
Please Lord, help me forgive me.

He could have been a Peter,
or a John or a Paul,
willing to march into hell
for a heavenly cause,
Carrying out the purpose
Of heaven on earth,
If I'd put him in Your carei

Father, please forgive me,
For taking the life
That was within me.
For lettin' fear win,
Lettin' the enemy in,
Lord, please help me forgive me.