A gift arrives from Amazon
Without the sender’s name,
So there’s no way to tell exactly
Whom to thank or blame.
You can’t exactly call around
To ask your friends or fam
And so, as a result, you find
Yourself in quite a jam.
Eventually, someone will
Reach out, an awkward ask,
To see if it arrived
Or take your thanklessness to task.
Though Amazon is easier,
It wasn’t all that hard
When we sent gifts ourselves
And always tucked inside a card.
Unhappy all I need is a kind word
Your love in action like a kind verb
There's no more protocol
No more negativity
Shall I be stalled
No more speech impediment
Have a long hairning a positive commitment
I speak truth not disheartening meant anxiety weighs
Holding me down no more, no longer so
New versus new rhyme no more alibis I have peace of mind
ups down I will not be found turned around
for in my heart flows the blood of Jesus Christ
And all in life is alright in Him
I renounce negativity drain my heart and mind flows out the negativity
In my mind and my heart I spread out negativity
Breath of God now I'll inhale and His positivity
No longer my heart hardened lodged as granite
It's now insolent soften matter no depression no denial thanklessness
No hopelessness I'm on fire enlightened rejoicefulness
I am the head and not the tail I am the beginning not the end remorseful
I am positive and love from God flows from His heart to mine to yours al
All but a kind word cheers us up
All but a kind word cheers us up
All but a kind word cheered me up
2/26/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
Referencing Proverbs 12:25
A Thankful Heart
A thankful heart is a precious gift
to our Heavenly Father above,
giving thanks in all things unto Him
but especially for His great love.
For all good and perfect gifts the Word says
come from the Father of Lights,
and the Father’s eyes are upon the thankful child
for they are truly His delight.
But our thanklessness hurts His heart so
the One Who loves us so dear;
it robs us of His blessings and His voice
and causes us to fear.
And then, as we choose to turn our face
upon our Lord above,
giving thanks again and praises
He begins to fill us with His Love.
We will see His blessings begin to flow
like rain upon a parched ground,
with our hands upraised, and His name we praise
His Glory returns to reign all around.
Written by: Marilyn S. Jennings
1994
"I don't possess what I deserve,
Some one got it easily enough;
Should I not cry ma, should I not cry?"
"Cry my dear, if that's all it takes
to succeed, but do think again,
Can Envying get you one's fortune?
Effort that could help you achieve,
is instead wasted like your tears."
"I will not help anyone anymore,
I'm not lent a hand in return;
Should I not help ma, should I not help?"
"Don't help dear, End up punishing
one for the thanklessness of another.
Help, to bail out someone today
And not to secure yourself tomorrow."
"I could not accomplish my dream,
Attempted again but to no avail;
Shud I not give up ma, shud I not give up?"
"Give up dear, if triumph without trial
Is how you expect it to be,
Your struggle infact is the foundation,
On which shall evolve some day
a gleaming structure of your success."
" I'll heed your advice for sure
Toil harder but will not surrender,
Will I then be happy ma, will I then be happy?"
"Ofcourse my dear, it's everlasting joy
When you sculpt your own success,
When your help brings upon a smile,
When dreams once envied by you,
With sheer persistence do come true."
While driving on that tedious long road,
he feels forlorn. The road goes on and on.
He hates this job. All hope seems to erode.
The old life he enjoyed is all but gone.
He feels forlorn; the road goes on and on.
At times he meets with traffic jams, a mess!
The old life he enjoyed is all but gone.
He faces thanklessness, fatigue and stress.
At times he meets with traffic jams, a mess!
His life is harder than it’s ever been.
He faces thanklessness, fatigue and stress.
The job he lost he dreams to have again.
His life is harder than it’s ever been.
He hates his job; all hope seems to erode.
The job he lost he dreams to have again
while driving on that tedious long road.
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