It's Time to Say Goodbye

Even though I loved you
So very long ago,
I can't seem to forget you.
There's something I must know.

Why did you walk away
With a look and then a sigh?
I didn't know that you were leaving,
So I never said "Goodbye."

You visit me quite often
In dreams that seem so true.
But I need resolution--
To hear "Goodbye" from you.

There is an unhealed section
Deep within my heart,
For I loved you completely
Never thinking we would part.

When I looked into your eyes
I could never see
That part of you was capable
Of slowly destroying me.

So now I long for closure,
An end to all this pain.
It's time to forgive you,
So I can love again.


I Hate to Disappoint You

I hate to disappoint you.
It makes me feel so sad.
Do you think that I don’t love you?
Is that why you’re so mad?

I try so hard to please you.
Every day and every night
I put aside my wants and needs
To make everything alright.

But sometimes I do wonder,
Does it ever dawn on you
That trying so hard to please you
Just sometimes makes me blue?

You forget that I have feelings,
Wishes, want and needs
That no one seems to care about
As long as I do good deeds.

But shouldn’t selflessness be rewarded?
A circle it should make.
Doing good for others
Should never feel like a mistake.

No good deed goes unpunished.
That’s my philosophy.
And still I hate to disappoint you
Even if there is no reward for me.


Heavenly Father, Hear My Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father,
Please listen to my prayer.
I come to you again
With longing and despair.

I have so many problems
They increase in every way.
I don’t know how I can make it
Through yet another day.

I know there is a secret to dealing
With the turmoil and the strife.
Can you please just show me
How to live a carefree life?

Where is all the joy and happiness
That I’ve heard so much about?
Freedom from the fear and pain,
Mistrust and all the doubt?

Just one day is all I ask
To feel such joy and love
As only You, the Heavenly Father
Can send me from above.

So as I call upon Your name,
Now in solemn prayer,
I know that you’ve delivered me
From all my earthly cares.

The answer is so simple
When we just take time to look.
For everything we need to know
Is in God’s Holy Book.

Loneliness

I seem to struggle with
Loneliness each day.
And when this door is open
Depression also comes my way.

I feel alone when
I can not hear a sound.
I even feel alone
When there are people all around.

Loneliness seems to be
The theme of my life.
It has been the main cause
Of my emotional strife.

I finally realized that if
I turned to God in prayer,
He could ease my loneliness
And all my other cares.

And as I begin to meditate
God revealed to me,
That there was a call upon my life
And different I must be.

I could not be
The same as my brother.
There are verses in my heart
That can be heard by no other.

As I now allow
My Spirit free reign,
My soul is lifted up
And I begin to feel no pain.

This happiness and joy
Can only be realized
When you follow God’s path
And you receive His final prize.

**This poem was inspired by a sermon from Joyce Meyer.

--ST

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