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When I was five, I asked the Lord… To please protect my mom, my world He whispered to my soul, “I will” And went on to protect her from pain From worry, doubt, fear and depression From all the things that might have effected Her hope and faith and love and grace Everything that made her my favorite place To go for a taste of what God created as Inspiration, joy, enlightenment and hope Everything that made my life so worthwhile When I was ten, I asked Him again… “Lord, please protect my mom, my friend” He answered me with the assurance That He would always be there, guarding, Defending and shielding her from harm From storms that linger on and on From destructive thoughts and feelings From pains that are in need of some healing He would always be alive, a hope and guide For her to depend upon, always aware that He had her heart in His hand, sheltering When I was twenty, I requested His ear…. He listened to me, in spite of my childishness He didn’t reprimand me for my cynicism But let me whisper all my dreams to Him Who lingered there with me, like a Father, Listening to my heart and filling me with hope For the moments when I would plead for Forgiveness for all the things I had done wrong The thoughts that told me I was so wicked A sinner who needed a savior who would care And give me grace to fill me with true faith When I was thirty, I knew Him a little better And reasoned with Him for happiness restored By love that had given me second chances to feel Enlightened and brightened by the happiness within The joy that came from sharing life with the one Who would eventually lead me into the sincere Relationship that spoke to me of inner peace And welcomed me with sparks of love that spoke From kind eyes that revealed the total truth Love this wise and warm shines like the sun Into the heart of those God created to love When I was forty, I knew I was someone who Loved the truth more than the lies I’d been told Of hatred and pain, feelings that left me aching within And spoke to me of tomorrows that were lonely And filled with a sense of melancholy and despair Anger that was never aware of the truth I knew God was pure and true and He would protect me too From the hatred that rained down through the pain Longing to teach me of discouragement and anguish But knowing that the Father would reach down from Love that knows no lengths but survives the worst there is When I was fifty, there came a special day of grace When I was given the opportunity to share my life With someone who knew the depths of my heart Someone who shared my need for honesty and love Someone who gave me much more than I could give back But who was content to know my heart was in His hands And forever left me feeling like I was so very blessed By a love that was without conditions and gave me A special feeling of hope that knows how to express itself With ideas, dreams and visions of serenity and eternity Filled with joys that are only seen through the intimacy When I finally found the freedom to truly be me And discover the warmth that comes with the dawn When God reaches down with His kindness and joy Bringing the light that shines through the darkest night Paints all thought with reflections of sweet satisfaction That comes from knowing this truth that is alive God lives inside where only His truths can begin to teach How to build a beautiful history, a life that reimagines Its destiny and reminds all the world why it is so blessed To feel free and full of the God who created us all and brings A relationship with truth who knows that God is everything If only you knew Poetry Contest Sponsor: The Silent One October 22, 2020
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