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A Man Can Cry

They tell me that a man is not supposed to cry.
But I can't stop the tears flowing from my eye.
It seems to help relieve a little of the pain.
But misery and sorrow always seem the same.
Sometimes I wish I could run away and hide.
Other times I wish I could lay down and die.
Oh the agony I feel within my heart.
It's my fault! my fault! my family fell apart.
And everyone has told me how I'm supposed to feel.
They think that they are helping but they're help isn't real.
I hold the hand of death and wait the final depart.
I can't withstand the battle between my mind and heart.

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Sobering Prayer

A drunk man sobers and takes a look at his own life.
Only after he loses his children and his wife.
And all of the things that he once held dear.
To give that all up for whiskey and beer.
He cries and prays the Lord would bring them back.
But hope of that is fading all so fast.
A mother and father to bear in his pain.
And others who knew him all are ashamed.
Ripped and torn their lives fall apart.
He prays to the Lord to heal broken hearts.
He lost all the things that once made him smile.
Joy turns to tears that his sorrows defile.
In silence he sits just to try to answer the why.
Only then does he see and start to realize.
What a mess he has made with drinking through time.
But this is the worst and no end could he find.
Why did I drink was the question for thought.
When he remembers the sorrows that drinking has brought.
The answers came quickly when he started to think.
All the reasons that caused him to want to drink.
He felt like a failure in so many shapes and size.
So he'd drink it all away to just try to hide.
He drank to forget the bad times we had.
And the things in his life that made him so sad.
He thought that drinking would make him feel good.
But that didn't work like he thought it would.
The things he lost he'll never get back.
He tries to go on though his heart is so sad.
He questions God and keeps asking him why.
God softly answers sometimes drinking brings out the demons inside.

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A Fool's Prayer

Dear God I hope that I have pleased you today,
And that my words have led no one astray.
I pray my tongue Lord, you'd take control,
For I am tired God of being a fool.
Forgive me where I've sinned in thought and in mind.
Help me to be humble, loving, and kind.
So that when I lay my head down to rest,
I can have peace knowing I've done my best.
With the knowledge I had at that point and time,
So I pray dear Lord I'll speak your words and not mine.

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Searching the Savior

Our Father in Heaven I praise your Holy name.
I humble myself to you as a sinner filled with shame.
Once I prayed a prayer and asked Jesus in my heart,
I've been away so long I fear your spirit will depart.
Religion is something I couldn't understand.
When I've seen so much hypocrisy in the Holiest of man.
Who teach traditions and boundaries on how to worship and praise.
And condemn anyone else who believe in different ways.
I've searched in religions and many different churches.
They taught in their ways for me to continue my searches.
Which religion was right and how do you get to heaven?
Their ways were all different in what you should believe in.
I've seen them all do wrong and still they say they're blessed.
What am I doing wrong I started to wonder and guess.
So in that confusion I carried on my search.
Looking in religions and not in your Word.
I asked you to change me and help me in a prayer.
Not knowing how I just figured you didn't care.
And that my prayers and cries you no longer heard.
So I turned to a bottle instead of your Word.
You sent me a wake up I tried not to ignore.
And I promised you I wouldn't drink no more.
The desire was still there I didn't understand.
I searched for the help from the wisdom of a man.
Some said it was wrong and some said it's alright.
So when temptation would arise I chose not to fight.
When life threw me hurdles in the bottle I did hide.
I just didn't care whether I lived or died.
I just forgot your ways and where I should look.
The answers were right there in that Holy Book.
Thinking I was wise I became such a fool,
With bitterness and hatred and as stuborn as a mule.
With ignoring all the consicuences I lived life my way,
And now I fear I have lead many others astray.
In a prison Lord is where I saw the truth.
You were in my heart but my heart was not in you.
Forgive and forget this wretched man I've become.
Forgive and forget all the wrong that I have done.
So much you have taught me so much I have learned.
The knowledge that my heart has always longed and yearned.
You are found there in your word and religion is only part.
But your Spirit dwells within us living within our heart.
My hope and my prayer is for me that it's not too late.
I'll live my life for you 'till I sleep beneath the clay.

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My Love For My Wife

Every time I close my eyes her face is all I see.
The one I fell in love with sparks my memory.
Her eyes how they glimmered her smile was wide and bright.
That's the look I remember that made me warm inside.
Her lips were soft and tender her heart was warm and sweet.
In her arms I felt safety that the world could not defeat.
And so I asked this woman to be my loving wife.
Her and our three kids completed my whole life.
Then one day they're gone and I lost my will to live.
To hug them one more time there's nothing I won't give.
With hope I carry on though I pray for death.
To tell them all I love them I'd give my last breath.

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A Simple Prayer

Dear lord up there in heaven, it's me down here again.
To ask for you forgiveness, of all my wrongs and sins.
I pray you bless my family, and all my dearest friends.
Bless even my enemies Lord, and those throughout this land.
Bless the homeless and the poor, bless the children even more.
Bless the babies the injured and the ill, heal them Lord for it is your will.
For you glory and your grace, show your presence in this place.
For your power is greater than all, and so is your everlasting love.
Your peace is present all our days, so to you dear God I give you thanks and praise.

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Faults For Treasures

Our Father in Heaven forgive me of my faults today.
And teach me dear Lord to walk in your way.
So that in me you might just take pleasure.
And in your kingdom I can store my treasure.
For the treasures in this world cannnot last.
But the promises of God will never pass.