A Prisoner of Hope

I am a prisoner of hope 

There's nothing I can do

For I know that my eternal soul

Is eternally linked to You. 

This chain cannot be broken 

I wouldn't want to try 

For this chain is not a burden

But lets broken wings fly. 

In the darkest night,

And in the deepest pit

This hope pulls me upward

I can't let go of it. 

No matter what has past 

No matter what may be

I am chained by hope to a love 

That will not let go of me. 

I'm clinging to my stronghold 

With assurance ever true

You will restore me yet

You are making me brand new. 

I'm bound by things unseen

A promise anticipated 

Clinging close to the living hope

For whom we all have waited. 

But one day these chains

Will fall to the ground

The realization of our hope

And the joy that will resound. 

Until that long awaited time

I'll stay with the grace that binds

And strive to serve my loving Lord 

With all my strength, soul, heart, and mind.