~If you're reading this you are loved you are blessed you are fearfully
wonderfully made~
8/21/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022
FEARFULLY I AM DIZZY As I stand up to the honey badger--
Sprinkling fluorescent muted dots of racing shadows,
Fatefully anxieties hypocrisies dilemmas,
As vertigo swirls away constants fathoms.
"I stand up to the honey badger"
“I fear not the bee stings but run from the honey the badger brings”
---James Edward Lee Sr.
1/19/19
Fear is such a gripful thing
it takes hold of you so tight
giving no air indeed to breathe
life seems filled much with night
So often when words don't come
fear grips you like a real noose
stammering as I do nothing works
will anything ever turn me loose?
yes it does control me at times
limited to when and where I speak
tension takes no rest forever full
making one feel up the creek
The effort it takes to speak
can really drain your tank dry
making one so tired need sleep
to rekindle life making one fly
Oh to be rid entirely of this deep fear
to speak naturally to your fellow man
thankfully I'm not as fearful as I was
so keep believing that I fearfully can!
Who am I a question often I ask
not wanted but adopted when born
then have had stammer all my days
making it struggle to sound my horn
In mid twenties met with God
receiving His merciful love so divine
found great desire for His truth
so transforming effect be all mine
Learn that God has personal purpose
set out for my life alone
having put His son on Calvary's cross
dying for me my sins to atone
Now retired and able to write
enjoy God's peace not be afraid
God's creation perfected by His hand
fearfully and wonderfully made
Celebrating silver wedding anniversary
this month such a blessed time
life's memories encapture happiness
so fully entwined with advantageous rhyme
( written this year ago my silver anniveresary was a year ago at this time)
I'd never been afraid of falling
As a rather clumsy person
I had fallen my whole life.
Then I fell in love
And falling became terrifying
but getting up became the hardest part.
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