shadow of the wind

The shadow is unwelcome
Fades in the brightest of lights
Winds of memory
Bring it back sometimes

How I despise it
And if I could have but one request
It would flee as a vapor
Never to return

I awoke alone
In a flood of tears
For my shadow was hovering
I could not wrestle free

Remaining not alone
He granted the sweetest of comfort
Yet I sobbed softly
For this shadow inescapable

Yet why should I despise
That which drives me to my knees
And leaves me at the cross
Clinging to my most precious Savior?

May praise be given
For this shadow of the wind
For when He broke my heart
He granted me my deepest desire