Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
No time
Can’t go
Maybe later
No show
Friends expect
To see you there
Let them down
You don’t care
Shrug shoulders
Don’t commit
Live for you
You forget
You build a life
Selfishly
Seeking only
Reward for me
You have no bridge
For when you fall
No connection
Only walls
And fall you did,
Right on your face,
With such weight
You can’t displace
You look around
Walls feel so cold
Crying now
No one to hold.
You’re alone
Lost in self
A lonely book
Left on a shelf
Forgotten by
The ones who cared
Because you pushed
You never shared
Now it’s time
You cry and say
“I am here.”
Please, come my way
Please commit
I need you here
Please someone
Yet, in fear
You realize
That you taught
Everyone
How they ought
To keep you out
At arms length
Alone you feel
Losing strength
Memories flood
Your loneliness
Hands are clasped
You address
A memory
It’s foggy, yet
You start to see
Your eyes are wet
Start to feel
Something inside
He replies
You can’t hide
I. AM. here.
Tears are pouring
Down my face
I’m so sorry
Feel your Grace
I pushed away
When I heard
You say, “hello”
I heard that word
But I wasn’t ready
To hear Your call
And now I’m alone
You saw me fall
I pushed away
Everyone
My life’s become
So undone
I stumbled down
A sinful road
It was so tempting
Yet, now the load
I carry on my back
It weighs
So much now
The pain it stays
In a place
So all I feel
Is emptiness
I spin and reel
Around inside
My own sin storm
And all I see are
Walls I formed
All around
I am trapped inside
Help! I cry
I cannot hide
‘Cause in that breath
The hands of one
Who conquered death
Lifts me up
Takes away the weight
I feel so different
I’m standing straight
I look around
The walls are gone
I’m alone
Yet, not, the dawn
Is rising now
The sun renews
I see clearly
And I know whose
I belong
I’m not alone
I commit
I was shone
A love beyond
A feel or touch
A soul-felt match
That now gives such
Meaning to life
Now that I know
That Jesus saves
Inside I grow
A brand new me
Cause time obeys
Only GOD
And HE saves
He was there
And now he stays
In a place
not just for me
Cause now I share
For eternity
The story of a sad
Lonely girl, lost
She was, yet
On the cross
He died and rose
And showed me the way
so now my life’s
become a play
That I star in
With values new
I sing HIS SONG
Of life renewed
You’re NEVER alone
When JESUS lives!
Inside your heart
And HE forgives
And gives you REASON
To go on
Beauty surrounds
‘Cause you belong
Jesus love you
This I KNOW
For the Bible
Told me so
That past was there
To bring you here
His grace absorbed
All the fear
And now each moment
That I get
A second chance
My light is lit
And I won’t hide
Behind a wall
‘Cause I found purpose
This is my call
To share with others
So that they know
That he is waiting
And he will show
Himself to you
When you ask
When you are found
Behind your mask
I pray your time
Of salvation is now
All you have to do
Is humbly bow
Your head and say
Help! HE knows
And he will come
And cast some blows
To the past that holds
You back
And fill the void
That you lacked
Then you say
I’m sorry, please
Save me Jesus
On your knees
I’m ready to live
A different way
Please forgive me
I’m ready, today
Because you said
The help me prayer
Now you are saved
Find those that care
The same for God
The way you do
And they will help
With Christian glue
Put new pieces
In place of old
And you’ll become
A brand new mold
Time is only God’s
To give
I’ll make each day
One that lives
Thankful that
God gave me time
To live and tell
My story through rhyme.