us to feature Frustration and Heartbreak.
Bingo! At just such a time in my life, I
wrote this poem!
Submitted to dVerse
September 4, 2018
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Lord, here I stand bruised and bleeding
I’ve collided on life’s rocky course
When I thought I had found my direction
I’ve taken a detour or worse.
I’ve collided on life’s rocky course
When I thought I had found my direction
I’ve taken a detour or worse.
With the way your children drive
And I admit in my headlong collision
I’m just lucky to be alive.
I know, Lord, life’s a difficult journey
And we must watch for the pitfall and trap
But I never claimed to be perfect …
And you forgot to give me a map!
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The woeful sketch is a Bev
original.
From the detours, headlong collision, pitfalls and traps that last line resolves it all with remarkable humor--you just needed a map. Very nice.
ReplyDelete"you forgot to give me a map" - Yep. That sums up how I often feel. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI love the headlong impetus of this poem, you, bruised and bleeding, knowing life is a hard journey, and the entire thing a prayer. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThe collisions seem inevitable. I wish the Lord had given us all crash-helmets! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour sketch is great--touch of Picasso. It could be a prompt in itself. I appreciate the levity mixed with despair.
ReplyDeleteBev, an amazing, amazing sketch.
ReplyDeleteAnd you Job-like lament was fantastic.
But Job got a new wife, new kids and new wealth and was supposedly happy again. Really? Meanwhile, the rest of us know these are stories that have nothing to really do with those of us without a map.
ah no road map can be very frustrating, but even more for someone like me who has no sense of direction and just goes as the wind blows, good poem on frustration Beverly
ReplyDeleteLove this stanza:
ReplyDeleteI suppose, Lord, you have no patience
With the way your children drive
And I admit in my headlong collision
I’m just lucky to be alive.
Well done, Bev!
That sketch is amazing - sometimes I feel like I need a road map in the journey.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I can totally relate with not having a map in this whirlwind of a ride with many collisions.
ReplyDeleteWell-penned.
-HA
I hope you continue with your drawings ilustrating your words. You are very talented.
ReplyDeleteOh those detours, Bev, that slow us down on our way through life, it is truly a rocky road. and I have often wondered about the map!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful piece of truth and vulnerability.
ReplyDeleteI loved the wry, dry humour in this. We all make mistakes - and none of us get a map. Sometimes we find someone who can show us a bit of the way.
ReplyDeleteCollisions, pitfalls, traps and no GPS! I love this! But His eye is on us...
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful poem!! And wonderful image!! Perfect!
ReplyDeleteThe sketch is fantastic... I wish you would do more, the way you describe a life without map can be so much...
ReplyDeleteWonderful poem of frustration with that touch of humor. Love that we should have a road map for life. Your illustration is perfect!
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