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Poem For a Lost Soul

[Prologue: in both a secular and spiritual sense we are all lost one way or another at one time or another. The need to escape or at least lessen the pain this brings can be 'self-medicated' with drink or drugs or materialism or even egotism-- the sense that one is better, smarter, prettier than others. History shows when a people or a country is lost, it can result in war, either civil or external. For myself, I have found healing by turning to a Power far greater than myself, far, far greater than anyone could possibly conceive.]


POEM FOR A LOST SOUL

Now I understand--
I can never be complete 
within myself: without You,
my emotions betray me,
my mind counteracts itself.

Hope will flee me,
despair will eat me
unless I reach for...  
with a child's open arms.

Copyright © L. J. Carber | Year Posted 2018

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Joseph May Date: 10/9/2018 2:43:00 PM Sometimes it seems we will remain lost, but somehow we find our way back by His grace.. Login to Reply L. J. Carber Date: 10/10/2018 8:29:00 AM I agree Joseph--I've come to believe after 70 some years that Divine grace is the only way a lost soul can be saved, because there seems to be something innately broken in our human nature that can lead us willy-nilly into chaos.

Gershon Wolf Date: 10/7/2018 12:22:00 PM Nicely crafted, L.J. Touching, truthful message. ~ Gershon Login to Reply L. J. Carber Date: 10/9/2018 9:59:00 AM Thank you, Gershon-- much appreciated