My Own Beach

Walking down this beach of life The sands between my toes Many crushes, more broken hearts Gaining friends instead of foes Most of my days filled with sun Some with pouring rain I saw my share of happiness And equal amounts of pain Then one day the heavens broke And thus began a flood For years I wandered all alone Through the muck and mud From behind the clouds came my saving grace In the distance a sunny shore So beautiful with trees and birds And so much land to explore So suddenly I found myself Thrown upon the sand Using my last bit of strength I pushed myself up to stand I was so happy to walk this beach Thanking God every day That was the happiest time of my life I prayed those feelings would stay Then one day I walked down the beach And I stepped on a shard of glass My blood ran out and stained the sand And that's how the time then passed I crawled along and saw others on the beach As I squinted at the sun They played and smiled, they way I did Mocking me, they would run As weeks passed and I forged on My cut began to heal But I was still weak and sad And the pain still seemed unreal So I turned my back to the beach That I had once loved so dear And I hobbled away, leaving the sun As I told myself to persevere It's been quite a while But I'm far from there today Looking for a better shore Where I can finally stay But every now and then I think of that place And I remember my scars And a smile crosses my face For as I was hurt By the one I loved so I'll always have the pain given to me And the scars that helped me growOne of my own personal favorites Written April 11th, 2001 © on Jan 05 2002 04:35 PM PST    0 • 12