Poem #9

This poem is very special to me. I wrote at a time in my life I was really going through but as I began to write, tears began to stream down my face because in the midst of it all I realized just how good God truly is to keep His hand over me through whatever...

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TEARS OF JOY
TEARS OF SADNESS
THE TURNING POINT OF MY LIFE WHERE I CHOOSE WHICH ROAD TO CRY ONTO
LEAVING A TRAIL OF MELODIC TONES THAT YOU ONLY HEAR ON RAINY DAYS
OH HOW EVERY DROP FROM MY EYE COMPLIMENTS THE BEAT OF THE RAIN
THE RIVER IS INSIDE ME
AND ONCE I CHOOSE TO RELEASE AND SHED
THE WATER FALLS
AND I AM CONTENT AGAIN
BECAUSE MY TEARS REMIND ME THAT I CAN FEEL
I CAN FEEL
AND THAT I'M QUALIFIED TO BE SAVED
I WAS NUMB LIKE THE DESERT
WITHERING LIKE A TREE I THIRST
BUT THE RAIN CAME
AND TEARS SOON REPLENISHED THE LAND
QUENCHING MY DRY EXISTENCE
WHO KNEW YOUR UNFAILING LOVE WAS THERE ALL ALONG
I THIRST BUT DIDN'T DIE
I WITHERED NOT COMPLETELY GONE
YOU CAME AND ANSWERED MY PRAYER
YOU RESTORED ME
NOW I BASK IN MY RIVER OF JOY
THAT YOU HAVE SET FOR ME
THY VERSE BLOWS INTO ME LIKE THE BREEZE
AND THY BEAT LEAPS OUT FROM THE SUN INTO MY HEART
YOUR WATERS SO DEEP
I WILL NEVER BE DRY AGAIN
I WILL NEVER BE DRY AGAIN
I WILL NEVER BE DRY AGAIN
I THANK YOU OH LORD
FOR YOU HAVE RESCUED ME
AND DELIVERED ME FROM MY OWN WORST ENEMY
ME
YOU HAVE HEIGHTENED MY SENSES AND ALLOWED ME TO
EMBRACE THE COVENANT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ME BEFORE I CAME TO BE
YOU HAVE MADE FOR ME A PATH OF ONE
I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE
YOU LOVE ME AND I CRY BECAUSE I THOUGHT LOVE WOULD NEVER FIND ME
TO KNOW THAT YOU TOOK MY TEARS OF DESPAIR
SOFTENED MY CLAY
TO FORM A BETTER ME
I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO FORM A BETTER ME
OH LORD YOU KNOW THE BETTER IN ME
AND I FEEL BETTER BECAUSE OF THEE.