Failure

What do you do when you've given something your all,
yet you still fail in the end,
and it seems a normal trend.

It is so easy to give up,
to throw your hands up and say "I'M DONE,
SOMEONE ELSE HAS WON AND I REFUSE TO TRY AGAIN"!

It is so easy to turn the other way and run away,
and blame someone else for your failure, rather that accept the blame,
just because you feel the shame.

Life is a game,
someone has to win and someone has to lose,
there will be shame,
there will be defeats and retreats,
THERE WILL BE FAILURES.

But don't accept failure sitting down,
grad it by the horns,
and use it as a chance for change,
not as an opportunity to run away,
or to feel self pity and shame.

Most of all,
do not view failure as a measure of your worth,
but as a chance for a new beginning,
and a happier ending.

I wish

I wish for greener trees,
I wish for cleaner seas,
Most of all, I wish for world peace.

I wish for patience,
I wish for gratefulness and gracefulness,
I wish for knowledge,
and moreover, courage.

I wish for the power to forgive and forget,
I wish to live without regret,
I wish never to have to fret,
Most of all, I wish to be able to accept death.

I wish never to hate,
nor to discriminate,
I wish to never feel lust,
I wish I could trust.

Most of all, I wish for love,
I wish to love unconditionally,
and to be loved unconditionally.

I sit here wishing,
when i realized I should be praying,
Not just saying these words,
But doing something to make these wishes come true,
I will PRAY.

Revelation

I had a revelation today,
and i am finally walking the lord's way.
I now realize the reasons its so important to pray
and say thank you for each new day.

I was so mad because i thought you took my world,
I realize now I was just a lonely girl,
looking for all the right things, in all the wrong places.
Desperately grabbing faces, looking for traces
of love, or something like it.

I realize now you are all I need, Lord.
You are my one true friend,
who will be there with me beyond the end,
holding my hand, leading me to your promise land

There you will care for me,
and love me unconditionally.