MOST OF MY POEMS DEAL WITH EVERYDAY LIFE....BEING HUMAN, WITH FAULTS, TEMPTATIONS, TRIALS...ETC. I DON'T MEAN FOR THEM TO BE "HEAVY" ONLY TO HELP SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING "RIGHT NOW" AND THEY CAN SEE THAT OTHERS SOMETIMES HAVE TO CLIMB THAT SAME MOUNTAIN,
AS WITH THIS POEM......
TRIALS
SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND . . .YET
WITH NO ONE TO REACH OUT TO
MY HEART IS SO VERY HEAVY
I FEEL IT WILL BURST THROUGH
IT' SEEMS THIS DAM, I'VE BUILT INSIDE
IS READY TO FALL AND CRUMBLE
BRINGING FORTH ALL THE TEARS IT'S HELD
CAUSING ME TO STUMBLE
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME
I'M SO DESPERATE AND ALONE
AS IF TIME WERE STANDING STILL
I FEEL CHILLED, RIGHT TO THE BONE
FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A PURPOSE
A PURPOSE FOR EVERYTHING, UNDER THE SUN
BUT WHAT COULD BE, THE REASON FOR THIS
TELL ME PLEASE . . .WHAT HAVE I DONE
I CRY TO MY GOD ABOVE, TO HELP ME
AND I BELIEVE THAT HE SEE'S ALL
IS THERE A LESSON HE'S TRYING TO SHOW
DOES HE REALIZE . . . I'M READY TO FALL
I HAVE LEANED ON HIM FOR MANY YEARS
AND HE'S GOTTEN ME THROUGH MANY TRIALS
BUT THIS MOUNTAIN SEEMS THE STEEPEST
AND IT GOES ON FOR MILES AND MILES
YOU KNOW WHEN "JOB" CRIED OUT TO GOD
AND HIS WIFE SAID "CURSE GO, AND DIE"
I TO, CRY OUT TO THE LORD, LIKE JOB
AS I TALK TO HIM, AND ASK HIM . . . WHY
IT'S AS THOUGH HE WANTS ME ISOLATED
TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIM, "TO DWELL"
MAYBE HE FEELS I HAVE BEEN LACK IN THAT
AND WANTS ME TO VISIT HIM, FOR A SPELL
I KNOW HIS WAYS, AREN'T LIKE OUR WAYS
AND HIS THOUGHTS ARE NOT LIKE OURS
AND THROUGH LIFE WE HAVE GOOD AND BAD
LIKE SUNNY DAYS . . . OR HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS
BUT AS I WALK THROUGH THIS TRIAL
AND FEEL SO ALONE AND FORSAKEN
IN THE END, GOD WILL ARRANGE A BLESSING
OF THAT . . . I'M NOT MISTAKEN!
COPYRIGHT 2004 JUDITH JOHNSON KYPTA
ROMANS 8:38, 39
FOR I AM PERSUADED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE
NOR ANGELS NOR PRINCIPALITIES NOR POWERS NOR
THINGS PRESENT, NOR THINGS TO COME...NOR HEIGHT,
NOR DEATH ...NOR ANY OTHER CREATURE SHALL BE ABLE
TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD...WHCH IS IN
CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.