I Was Seven

Oak Grove Baptist Church off of Highway 21
I found life on a bright sunny
Morning that church with that cross staring
At me, as we walked slowly up
To the front, I was seven.

I love the sound of love
The change, the honesty
The church, the Father
Ready for anything that
Came in my way, I was seven.

I could hear the tears of my mama, the faith
Of the choice I was about to make, the chance,
The love, the power, the new me, waiting
On the perfected time, I was seven.

I was thinking of the fact that I was changing who I am
That I was about to let God lead my life, that
He had been there and I’m just realizing it.
I started to feel like I am real, that
I have a reason to be alive, that
I am a new and powerful person,
I felt like a princess when the king found her,
I felt as if my life was right there and I was walking
Right went into it, I was seven.

Right when I went into the warm water
And lead my head back, and even though I
Couldn’t hear what he was saying I knew
That He was right there beside me, helping
Me through it, that this is what I need to do,
For me to stay strong. When I was seven.