THANK YOU LORD

Just when there seemed to be no hope
You showed me once again how to cope
Once again
You came in
You shinned your light
And showed me how to fight
Through many times of feeling alone
Through many times I’ve felt I have no home
Through many times of happiness and joy
Through many times I’ve felt I want to deploy
Through many times I’ve felt I wanted to end my life
Just so I would no longer have to endure the strife
You’ve showed yourself true
You always came through
You’ve showed me that there is always one I can count on
You’ve showed me that you are here and not gone
With all the pain and sorrow I’ve felt
In the end, on my knees I have knelt
I’ve begged of you, to end this pain
I’ve begged of you to dry up this falling rain
When I’ve felt I can’t go on
You’ve been there present, to feed your faun
Nourishing and feeding your delicate creature
Filling with grace and mercy, as to nurture
I thank you Lord for what you have done
For making me feel as though, in this life, I have won
For showing me my life has only just begun
For helping me to realize, I am not alone
For the constant reminder that before me awaits a blessed home
Thank you Lord for bringing me through
Everything I couldn’t, if I didn’t have you
Thank you for loving
Thank you for caring
Thank you for your open arms
Thank you for protecting me from all harms
Thank you Lord for helping me to press on
Thank you Lord for ever showing me you are here, yet not gone
In this life I have truly struggled
And without you, my life would have been smuggled
Through all the sins
You still came in
Through all the sorrow and pain that dwells
You gave me a heart that with love still swells
I thank you Lord for opening up the doors to your kingdom
I thank you Lord for giving me wisdom
I thank you Lord for giving me discernment
I thank you Lord for your gift, a wonderful present
I thank you Lord for being there
Through all the pain and trials in my life
I thank you Lord for showing me that you do care
I thank you Lord for saving my life.

 

Shattered Pieces

SHATTERED PIECES

 

 

Like a king taking over a pawn

My heart has been trampled on

Broken, shattered and ripped to pieces

Tossed, whipped and thrown with no miss

To find the pieces of my heart

Where to begin, where to start?

Before me I see a field of green

Filled with a mirror of reflections the eye has not seen

With each little step that I so gently take

I keep in mind the mended heart that I must make

To gather the pieces that I once knew

I keep in mind the love that I have for you

Hidden and tucked away

Yet surface again, it will do one day

So with each new step I take a chance

I creep up closer to get a better glance

And as the shattered pieces float my way

I have hope that things will be better with each new day

While tiptoeing by as to not cause new damage

I feel it tearing down, this wall that was built as a collage

This heart that was shattered, I know I can salvage

So I sift through the blades of grass as if I were a savage

Yet like a move in a game

Each blade is different and not the same

And like this mirror filled field

My heart has caution and struggles to yield

My life is a pawn, each move is strategic

I know our love, to some, may seem pathetic

Yet I am not ready to store it in the attic

So as my search for these pieces goes on

Of what I need

I know is not greed

For I know our love is still there, and not gone

So with each new step, I’ll search more and more

For my heart that was ripped to pieces

My heart that was tore

In my heart I truly believe this

That one day, in the grass, I will see those reflections no more

My heart no longer will be sore

One day, in my hand, I’ll hold the pieces of my heart

One day it will truly be our new start.

 

By:  Jana Adams….November, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man's Best Friend

MAN’S BEST FRIEND

 

To see him lying there so sweet and  innocent

His big brown eyes looking up at me

There’s a sparkle, a gleam

Almost like a dream

So kismet

Man’s best friend

Woman’s worst enemy

Who knew, this, he could be

So sweet,

So kind

Yet so discrete,

He sneaks behind

Under a tree he lay so gently

Who knew he could be so slimy

Quiet and laid back, he seemed so sweet

Who knew, my heart, he hungered to eat

Who knew he was plotting against my heart

As to save it for the platter he rolls upon a cart

So juicy, so pure

So full of love, yet unsure

He leaped from his spot

To love me?...Oh! NOT

He tossed me here and there

He threw me everywhere

His love and kindness, he was suppose to share

Yet I did not have the long beautiful brown hair

He tucked me under his bed

Put me out of his head

Then went on his way

To claim yet another, on this very day.

 

By: Jana Adams

October 2006

 

 

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