I walked along a well-trod way

My feet beneath me traced

The paths of those who’ve gone before

In their same tracks, I chased

            An answer to my unanswered prayer

            An answer to my chase.

My face turned down to scenes ahead

My thoughts to my own pain

Heedless that the tracks I’ve tread

Had long before me lain

            The answer to my unanswered prayer

            The answer to my pain

Till plodding onto to all else blind

A stone I did not see

And stumbling o’er the stone I fell

And found my sight was free

            To see the answer to my unanswered prayer

The answer finally free.

Then dusting off the sand of self

And looking to the side

I saw the souls ahead and back

Who like me, have failed and tried

            To answer at last my unanswered prayer

To answer where many have tried

I look ahead to the path before

And aside to the weak and strong

And finally, I look up and above

To Him, where all along

            Has lain the answer to my unanswered prayer            

Has lain the answer all along