Given To Me

I once was a wizard who treasured the night The earthly pleasures full of empty delight An empty monster who had no soul Feeding the flames was my only goal Then one day a lesson I learned Dance in the fire and you will get burned Burnt to a crisp and black as coal Thats what the mirror said of my soul Thats the day I shattered my mold Let the blanket of love shelter me from the cold My poetic teacher was a ray of light At the end of the tunnel dark as the night The poems I wrote were no less than a torch Leading through the darkness to here on my porch And now that I'm here I can't help but say I treasure the blessings I receive everyday There easy to see if you've walked in my shoes Everyday it's a blessing I don't go out and use In losing my freedom I've learned what it means Everyday is a blessing I'm waiting to dream Of the pain and trials I now face everyday There future blessings I'm saving to pray Today as I sit on my porch with a smile I thought "maybe I should write for awhile" And look what that thought turned out to be Another blessing the Lord has given to me