POEM STARTER

Red Roses

Write a poem using this as the theme

Present in Your Presence

Lord that’s all I want to be —

but the distractions, they—

surround me,

occupy me.


I don’t hold myself accountable —

I let them drown me,

pull me away from You.


Life tries to humble me,

and I’m stumbling,

damn near spiraling.


I succumb to the weight of it,

and in the middle of that I’m asking —

Where are You?


My soul aches away,

my heart is being changed

in a different direction.


I close my eyes,

try to hear Your word

and I mumble Your name.


Then a ding comes my way —

eyes wide open,

I’m distracted again.

On my phone, scrolling —

I can’t look away.


The thought of You

gets pushed to the back of my brain.


Lost my focus again.

Lord, please don’t give me away to the world —

that’s not what I meant to say.


I feel a pressure in my chest;

I’m longing for change

and I know this is Your gentle way

of telling me to find Your presence

in the present of my pain.


Stop staring at the screen,

fueled by disbelief

of a God who never submits to defeat,

always having a hand reached out to me.


I’m done running away.


What I meant to say was —

Lord, help me to be

present in Your presence


I declare in the name..

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