M's Poetry
I Found God Tonight
I Found God Tonight
I found God tonight
on a park bench
sleeping so peacefully
clothes all tattered
a smell of a man unkept
I thought of how fortunate I am
with tears forming in my eyes I wept
how shallow had my life been before that night
I was so selfish
I found God tonight
when a child asked me
had I seen her mom?
the innocence of her voice
reminded me of how jaded mine was
when I took her hand
I was stunned at what I saw
I saw myself
I saw the beginnings of my second chance
I found God tonight
on the subway
a man who had special needs
but despite his shortcomings
he was still bound and determined
to make his life matter
to make the effort
to keep going though many times rejected
he pointed down to his name tag
and proudly told me it was his first day
the joy of something so simple
made me remeber it's about the small things.....
2006@ Megan Watkins
I found God tonight
on a park bench
sleeping so peacefully
clothes all tattered
a smell of a man unkept
I thought of how fortunate I am
with tears forming in my eyes I wept
how shallow had my life been before that night
I was so selfish
I found God tonight
when a child asked me
had I seen her mom?
the innocence of her voice
reminded me of how jaded mine was
when I took her hand
I was stunned at what I saw
I saw myself
I saw the beginnings of my second chance
I found God tonight
on the subway
a man who had special needs
but despite his shortcomings
he was still bound and determined
to make his life matter
to make the effort
to keep going though many times rejected
he pointed down to his name tag
and proudly told me it was his first day
the joy of something so simple
made me remeber it's about the small things.....
2006@ Megan Watkins