The Reason

By Patricia Roby

My hope is to lift the spirit and encourage the reader of this book to know all is not lost and that they are not alone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781645313212

Book preview

I Cannot

I cannot live but one day at a time

I cannot have joy or peace of mind

I cannot have love or any to give

If God were not in this life I live

I cannot feel the warmth of the sun

Enjoy young children having fun

Can’t feel the breeze that cools the air

If the good Lord didn’t answer prayers

I cannot enjoy the beauty of things that fly

I cannot see the stars in the sky

I cannot connect in any way

If the Lord didn’t answer when I pray

I cannot live without his love

That we are blessed with from above

I cannot imagine how life would be

If the good Lord did not love me

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My skin is like the color

Of the darkness of the night

The skin I’m in has never been

The color of daylight

My hair is black as coal can be

Or stormy as the weather

My mind’s confused, I’m being used

But things are getting better.

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Who Am I?

Who am I to question God

When things don’t go my way

He is with me all the time

All I need to do is pray

Who am I to blame God

When a loved one is taken away

When I know inside my heart

They are gone with the Lord to stay

Who am I to leave God behind

When I’m feeling the stress and strain

I really need to stop and think

Jesus suffered the greatest of pain

Who am I to deny my God

When he’s with me night and day

Who am I, I’m just a child

Who seeks God’s Word and pray.

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Why does love play foolish games

When the heart is easily broken

Love is cruel, yet it is fair

The heart is just a token

Love will make a single woman

Love a married man

Have him creeping away from home

To see her when he can

Love can cause such jealousy

Between the best of friends

The line between love and hate

Is short and very thin

But love’s the best emotion of all

A feeling that’s always treasured

The way it makes you feel inside

Cannot in time be measured.

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What happened to our friendship?

The laughter we used to share

Now all there is is silence

And unforgiving stares

I miss the fun we used to have

The friends we used to be

I don’t know what has happened

I wish you would tell me

I wish I could correct the fault

Although no one’s to blame

What happened to our friendship?

I wish it stayed the same.

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You occupy my space

You absorb my air

It belongs to me

You shouldn’t be there

You invade my world

You disturb my peace

All this unrest

Must come to cease

Find your place

Find your time

For what is here

Right now is mine.

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I can’t change plans already laid

I can’t change minds already made

I’m being moved from where I stood

I don’t know if it’s bad or good

Why couldn’t things just stay the same

Rules changed in the middle of the game

I can’t foresee what is to come

I only know of what is gone

No one knew what was to be