I want to wake from this long slumber, 

I’m tired of sleeping with my eyes open,

Afraid I’ll never know the moment,

When morning finally comes. 

The darkness is heavy here. 

Shadows stretch across endless halls, 

The only sound here is fear, 

Echoing its own lies back to me, 

As silence presses in, 

Doubt feels louder than truth. 

I wait for another voice, 

Not the whispers that keep me small, 

But a voice that calls me higher, 

That dares me to see beyond, 

Far from the walls of night and closed doors. 

I don’t want darkness to be all I know. 

I don’t want sleep to feel like safety anymore. 

It’s time to wake up.

It’s time for a new day to begin. 

Help me believe when my eyes adjust to the light. 

Help me choose truth when lies feel familiar. 

I choose You over this, 

I choose You over fear, 

I choose You over comfort, 

I choose You over deception. 

I reject the whispers that say I’m trapped. 

I reject the lies that say night is permanent. 

For I know truth is the light that breaks the dark. 

I know truth doesn’t just wake me. 

I know it saves me. 

I know it frees me.