tornado

You live your life like a tornado.
Destruction follows everywhere you go.
And you have no plans to stop or slow.

And I tried to remove myself from your path,
But I keep on waking up in the aftermath.
So I pick up again and say I won't look back.

And I will not let this bitter root grow in me.
I will not let you leave that legacy,
But this constant fight is breaking me

And every time I find healing, you're making a new mess,
And I am learning the real meaning of forgiveness.

And it hurts when you hit at the hearts of the ones I love;
When everything you touch is rubble and dust.
And it gets so hard to know how to trust,

And I could move and never send you a forwarding address,
Or I could learn the real meaning of forgiveness.

~sara groves~