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| MY PATH TURNED BRIGHT |
| WALKING ALONG A WOODED PATH I GO JUST TAKING IN NATURE AS A GENTLE WIND BLOWS LISTENING TO THE LEAVES RUSTLE ABOVE MY HEAD TRYING TO CLEAR MY MIND OF FEAR AND DREAD. ~ ~ ~ I'VE WALKED THIS PATH SO MANY TIMES BEFORE EACH TIME I THINK IT WILL BE LESS NOT MORE. THE MESSAGES FROM VOICES IN MY MIND I KNOW FOR SURE, THERE'S A WAY TO FIND. ~ ~ ~ PEACE, PEACE IS WHAT MY SPIRIT NEEDS MOST, I FEEL LIKE THAT I AM LIVING WITH A GHOST. OF ALL THE MEMORIES OF HARD TIMES IN THE PAST WILL THERE EVER BE A TIME, WHEN PEACE WILL LAST. ~ ~ ~ BLAME IS WHAT I WANT TO SHOVE ON TO SOMEONE ELSE. AS TO WHY I AM FEELING ALL BY MY SELF. BUT THERE IS NO ONE TO WEIGH DOWN WITH MY THOUGHTS, I JUST HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE FOR WHAT I WROUGHT. ~ ~ ~ CARES OF TODAY AND YESTERDAY LOOM SO NEAR, I FEEL AS THOUGH I COULD CRY A BUCKET OF TEARS, ALAS, WHAT SHALL I DO AS ALONG THIS PATH I GO THERE'S GOT TO BE AN ANSWER FOR ME, I KNOW. ~ ~ ~ THEN ONE DAY AS ALONG THIS PATH I TROD, A STRANGER I MET, HE SAID HE WAS SENT BY GOD. "WHY ARE YOU SO TROUBLED CHILD, LET'S TALK FOR AWHILE." IN HESITANT VOICE, I SPILLED MY THOUGHTS LIKE A CHILD. ~ ~ ~ THEN A SILENCE CAME OVER ME ALL AT ONCE IT SEEMED AND MY MIND WAS FREE OF FEAR AND DREADED THINGS, I LOOKED AND THE STRANGER WAS GONE FROM MY SIGHT, BUT THERE WHERE HE STOOD GLOWED A BRIGHT LIGHT. ~ ~ ~ WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR JULY 12, 2004 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ~~~ TWENTY THIRD PSALM The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake, Yea though I walk Through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. |
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