DEAR LORD
I PRAISE YOU FOR ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME
ALL YOU KNOW
I DON'T SHUT UP
MAYBE I SHOULD
FOR A LONG TIME I WAS A MOUSE
A RUG FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON
THEN
I LEARNED TO SPEAK
WITH MY BELOVED COUNSELOR
AND THEN OTHERS
I USED TO BELIEVE,
IF YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY THOUGHT,
THAT THEY WOULD LEAVE YOU
AS A FRIEND.
SO I WAS SICKENING NICE
SO I WOULD NOT MAKE ANYONE ANGRY.
IT MADE EVERYONE ANGRY.
I COULD TELL YOU STORY AFTER STORY.
THEN I STARTED GETTING HONEST
AND
NO ONE LIKED THAT EITHER.
AND
NO ONE LIKED THAT EITHER.
NOW GOD,
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO FIGURE OUT,
WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO FIGURE OUT,
WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
I KNOW CHARACTER IS DEFINED
BY SAYING
NO TO ANYTHING YOU CAN'T SAY YES TO GOD.
SO WHAT AM I TRYING TO DO?
IS TALK TO YOU
AND WITH YOU,
I SAY,
I CAN COME TO YOU WITH ANYTHING!
I SAY,
I CAN COME TO YOU WITH ANYTHING!
SO I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT LAST,
I HAD TERRIBLE NIGHT MARES
I DREAMED PEOPLE WERE STABBING ME IN THE CHEST.
I WANTED TO GET UP AND BLOG,
BUT I COULD NOT.
BUT I COULD NOT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS UGLY AND
NOT EVEN YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO WRITE THAT.
NOT EVEN YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO WRITE THAT.
WELL I WROTE IT.
IT WAS TERRIBLE AND I FEARED,
YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO HEAR THE AWFUL.
YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO HEAR THE AWFUL.
WHO AM I TO TRY A SPARE GOD THE UGLY TRUTH?
AM I GRANDIOSE?
HOW COULD I BELIEVE I AM TO THINK,
I CAN NOT DISAPPOINT GOD.
HOW COULD I BELIEVE I AM TO THINK,
I CAN NOT DISAPPOINT GOD.
THEN, IF I CAN DISAPPOINT GOD
WHY CAN'T I MAKE OTHER PEOPLE DISAPPOINTED IN ME TOO.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN'T WRITE HERE,
THAT WOULD NOT SHOCK THE MASSES
OR
YOU GOD
THAT WOULD NOT SHOCK THE MASSES
OR
YOU GOD
SOME TIMES PEOPLE THINK TERRIBLE THINGS
EVEN HOW THEY COULD DESTROY SOMEONE ELSE.
MURDER I MEAN
DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE UGLY TO GET TO THE BEAUTIFUL.
I DON'T KNOW
YOU SEE WHY I DID NOT WANT TO BLOG
I AM MIXED UP.
FEELINGS ARE FLOODING IN.
MAYBE I SHOULD BE PUT IN JAIL.
I FEEL GUILTY ABOUT SO MUCH AND I BLAME OTHERS.
BURDENS, MESSES, TROUBLES
PLEASE GOD LIFT ME ABOVE ALL THIS.
HELP ME TO HAVE PEACE
LIVE AND LET LIVE
BLESS AND BE BLESSED
GIVE AND ALLOW OTHERS TO GIVE TO YOU.
I AM JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER ALL YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME.
FOOTPRINTS
LORD WILL YOU CARRY ME FOR A WHILE
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