Monday, June 04, 2007

Wait...


When the last fool left With my dignity in his hands

When the joker before that Made all those demands

Mr. Right, please don't speak to my body Speak to my mind

My soul's been waiting too long, the right man to find

This highway of life has had its ups and its downs

I would have thought by now, true love would be found

My heart has been broken, is loneliness my fate?

God Spoke to my spirit and said, "Wait"

I've made some bad choices

Listened to the wrong voices

Should I keep going at this rate?

My head says yes, but God said "Wait"

I cannot deny the jealousy I feel

My feelings of envy are all too real

Always the bride's maid, never the bride

It's hard to keep looking, on the bright side

I try to keep myself up

Try to be pleasing to the eye

When will it be my turn to become a beautiful butterfly?

I have read the scriptures, prayed the prayers,

Sang the hymn and cast my cares

In all these things I have fought the good fight

But the loneliness still finds me in the still of the night

No one to hold on to No one to caress

Is this what God has for those who give Him their best?

Then I remember whose child I am

I have been washed in the blood of the lamb

This temple I've been given is being put to the test

I must continue to give God my best

I've got to start living like a person who wants to be blessed

Not worrying and complaining increasing my stress

Instead of raising my voice in a fit of rage

I'm lifting my hands to give God the praise

When the praises go up the blessings come down

I know I'm getting close to higher ground

The devil continues his attempts to frustrate

God give strength and help me to wait.

13 comments:

Miss Snarky Pants said...

Wow....that was beautiful. I stumbled across your page by way of Just Me Writing's blogspot.

Is this your writing?

KIKI said...

Yeah..who wrote this? I am lovin it! That was right on point & right on time!

God give us strength!

OH, and love that pic!

Sheletha said...

naahhh,I don't write...this came across in an email with no author cited..I hate when that happens, but whattya do? I wanted to share.

Shai said...

Oh, I thought we had another prolific writer in the fam. LOL. Still, She you are sharing some powerful posts. I have to print this one out with the pic.

dc_speaks said...

what up sheletha...nice of you to recognize and acknowledge the shout out yesterday morning.

I loved the writing...thanks for sharing it.

JustMeWriting said...

YEAH...I was like...WHAT...she's been keeping secret talents...LOL, but that was a nice piece...and so true...we've got to learn to wait for our own good...peace be still.

CapCity said...

amen! & thanx for sharing!

Anonymous said...

My favorite line is, "then I remember whos child I am"
Sheletha, that is such a beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing that with us. That was right on time.

Sheletha said...

thanks shuggah!

denea marcel said...

That was nice...

"When will it be my turn to become a beautiful butterfly?"

... you already are!

:-)

Mizrepresent said...

I loved this!

BK said...

thanks.. I need to send this to a lot of folks I know!!!


thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

This is great. Every woman (and man) needs to read it.