There in the wilderness of the crowded world I find
That the attitude I have makes what I have in mind

What either makes my world a better place in which to live
Where I find the strength again to learn to love and give

All that makes me what I am after all the hardest times
Now behind me though un-erasable like the noise of chimes

That once have peeled cannot take back the sound they made
So as the past is gone but not forgotten like games I played

With my own existence where foolish deeds and foolish ways
Destroyed my inner world and left me wandering in a daze

Ah but now I have escaped the bonds of wanton self desire
And filled my life with God's own will and let the past retire

From here in the newest stage of life's endeavor I can taste
The warmth of knowing I've done right here in God's embrace

I can go now in peace with newness of strength where I remain
Free to pursue my dreams again in a new world free from pain