GOD PLEASE TELL US WHY

God, she approached You
She begged You, got down on her knees,
she cried all the tears she had
but You denied her all her pleas,

She offered to go, to take his place, 
instead You still chose him to die
is it wrong for her to question
or to know the reason why?

He was only a such a baby
still suckling his mothers milk,
with eyes like sparkling diamonds
his skin so smooth like silk

She knew when he was born
his days were a limited few,
it was something we never questioned,
that decision God, was left to You

Each day she would visit Your garden,
to see Your flowers in bloom,
she would gently touch the petals 
then she realized very soon

her baby had not died, 
or even gone away,
he was here right beside her 
where he would be every day...

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GROWING UP


When i was young  
I believed in love, 
I believed I was chosen 
from the Lord above. 
But as the years  
went slowly by, 
I was asking questions 
I knew not why. 

We weren't like Johnny  
who lived next door, 
who was always laughing 
and giving much more. 

Children at school 
started calling me names, 
never inviting me 
to play their games 

I started to feel insecure 
I rebelled at every rule, 
I became disobedient, 
being kept in after school 

I thought I was in need of attention 
I couldn't get this from home, 
after school I became lonely 
so the streets I started to roam 

I met up with others like me 
they made me feel important 
I started doing things 
that I knew that I really shouldn't 

I now had my own soap box 
I had never felt so high  
I had a place in this world 
my own cloud in the sky 

From this I was given confidence 
I started doing things by choice 
people started to listen  
to opinions I would voice 

I looked at my horizons 
where the roads where about to lead 
I had been given a lot more reasons 
and popularity was not my need 

Now I look around at all those children 
and in them I see a lot of me 
but they have to learn the hard way 
that life is not always free 


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GIVEN SPACE

I sat there feeling empty
I needed to be alone,
the door remained unanswered
with the receiver off the phone

I felt a loss in my world
what was my whole life,
the pain in my heart
was like the blade of a knife

It's times like this I felt
that I really didn't belong,
my silence some how told you
or you sensed something wrong

Thank you for being there
in that time of my grief,
just watching over me
had given me relief

I know my friends were patient
by the space they set for me
for this I was really grateful
it was important that I felt free

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GOING BACK

As I watch the tide 
rolling into shore,
my mind goes back
to a time before

I gaze up to the clouds
in a sky of deep blue,
trying to reminisce
when I last saw you

My fingers make a fist
in the dampness of the sand,
makes me remember
when you last held my hand

I close my eyes
as my throat feels dry,
still trying to understand
to know the reason why

You gave me a reason
one I never quite knew,
but what I do know
I will always love you

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