Some more bad poetry....

My only defence is that someone out there asked for it!

This is a little piece I wrote six years ago when life was a bit tough. It has several themes, the main one is that I can honestly look back at the hardest times in my life - and some of them have been really rough - and not want to change any of them at all. This is an important perspective when facing up to current trials.

There are also some important sub-themes - particularly about facing up to the truth and not giving in to the temptation of denial: "...make true what is not, So that the lies that so appeal Were not the poisons that they are..."

Anyways, make of it what you will. Agree, disagree, post comments.

AFZ

Oh to have the power to change the way things are,
I'd reshape my life, make true what is not,
So that the lies that so appeal
Were not the poisons that they are;
That I could let my heart believe what it longs to,
To take away these hurts that cripple me.
If only I could change the world,
And make these painful truths untrue.

I remember the times that have been, and will be,
When I would change my life, to make easy
That which had broken me within,
Mental illness, cancer, failure,
All that I had to know, to walk through, I so longed
To take away these hurts that cripple me.
If only I could change the world,
And make these painful truths untrue.

So now I live with all these hurts I've had to know.
The now fading scars and new challenges.
And I see my God's hand at work,
That in me much work he has done.
I am coming to know that it is better not,
To take away these hurts that cripple me.
If only I could change the world,
And make these painful truths untrue.

Oh to have the power to change the way things are,
I'd live my life, with what is true; and not
Dwell on the lies that so appeal.
I'd trust that you are in control,
That you Lord do know what you are doing in not
Taking away these hurts that cripple me.
If only I could change the world,
I'd embrace these painful truths.

8.9.2002