Is This Just A Moment In Time?
Up again---yes, it's the middle of the night
Sleep eludes me with spirits beckoning
Thoughts overwhelming this perplexed mind
Is there no peace to make my heart sing?
Tears immediate, what can I say?
Vulnerable and torn is my heart
By a disrespectful teenager full of hate
Short of that, where can I start?
What happened to the "pride" I should be feeling
When instead this dull emptiness prevails?
Stark pain like a knife full of despair
Jabbing, cutting--all else only pales
Did I bring down God's wrath upon my head
For something past and harmfully done?
If so, God cannot be so cruel
For this web of pain that has begun
Out of a wonderful love this child was brought
It was lightness and wonder to be sure
But, what is this now---darkness and evil?
Oh dear Lord---give us the cure
On bended knee I will not give up hope
That Your Son will lift mine up
Giving love, guidance, and moral support
Mending hearts with drink from your cup
Oh, Thank You God---I hear Your precious message
Don't give up hope you say?
This is just a moment in time
It will pass and the darkness will give way
to a new day........
Gail Schmidt 4/30/95
Up again---yes, it's the middle of the night
Sleep eludes me with spirits beckoning
Thoughts overwhelming this perplexed mind
Is there no peace to make my heart sing?
Tears immediate, what can I say?
Vulnerable and torn is my heart
By a disrespectful teenager full of hate
Short of that, where can I start?
What happened to the "pride" I should be feeling
When instead this dull emptiness prevails?
Stark pain like a knife full of despair
Jabbing, cutting--all else only pales
Did I bring down God's wrath upon my head
For something past and harmfully done?
If so, God cannot be so cruel
For this web of pain that has begun
Out of a wonderful love this child was brought
It was lightness and wonder to be sure
But, what is this now---darkness and evil?
Oh dear Lord---give us the cure
On bended knee I will not give up hope
That Your Son will lift mine up
Giving love, guidance, and moral support
Mending hearts with drink from your cup
Oh, Thank You God---I hear Your precious message
Don't give up hope you say?
This is just a moment in time
It will pass and the darkness will give way
to a new day........
Gail Schmidt 4/30/95
wow sis .I love it ,It says alot,Hits home in so many ways,You and mom wrote alot alike.
ReplyDeleteI love you and treasure you for being my sister
love always
your sis Bea
I suppose you have had many a time in your life being a mother where you too have experienced such feelings of helplessness. Love you too Bea
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