I wanted to share a poem I recently wrote that was featured in a new book, Tent City: Tragedy Turned Triumph, to help the homeless men and women of West Virginia.
Life gives us struggles to face
a test of strength
Always searching to find my place
standing in true faith
Life is challenging
The days are long and hard
The nights feel never ending
But through God’s grace I go on
Bruises and broken bones
where all I knew
Broken promises
held together by cheap glue
Kicked out, no place to go
hungry and nothing to eat
Fear is all I know
life on the street
Those days are long gone
but the memories are alive and running
What seems to be cut, dry and done
keeps my mind wondering
I dream of fluffy clouds and colorful rainbows
I feel the desire to love
but who knows
Only through God I shall overcome
I struggled everyday
my skin is still tender and raw
I pray for Him to light the way
I came and now I saw
To let go of sorrow
make peace within
Time is on borrow
life is not about pain but living
My past is now behind me
a new day has begun
Today is about me
and its only just begun
I don’t know what the future holds
tomorrow has yet to be written
My life is an open book
with entries still to be written
One thing I know
and I know for sure
I am a survivor
I owe that to our almighty Lord
(Donna M. Kshir)
