Simply Put Stories

poetry

  • HUMAN

    HUMAN

    I’m so human

    I’m so broken 

    God please show me

    Where to go from here

     

    Why is His love not enough?

    What more is there to gain?

    I keep wasting time on substitutes

    And it only ends in pain. 

     

    I’ve had enough of this world

    I’ve seen enough to know

    That it only leaves you broken

    And wanting so much more

     

    And that’s what He came into

    He met us where we are

    Just to prove that He

    Can handle all our scars

     

    He took the weight of sin

    Which God knows I can’t bear

    And killed it on the tree

    My shame was His to wear

     

    Yet somehow still

    I grip this world tight

    I refuse to let go

    And accept what I know is right

     

    I’m stuck here in my failures

    But I know they’re not true

    I’m only human

    But my future lies with you

  • BIRDS PT. 3

    BIRDS PT. 3

    If I were a bird

    I’d have vertigo

    And fall to the ground

     

    I wasn’t made for the sky 

    I don’t have the wings

    That I need to fly

     

    It’s easy to say 

    ‘I wish I were them,

    I want what they have’

     

    But It’s better to say

    ‘I’m not a bird,

    I’ll make the most of what I do have’

     

    So here’s the conclusion of it all:

    Let’s stop wishing

    And start living

    With what we’re given

  • BIRDS PT. 2

    BIRDS PT. 2

    Ah the rush

    To feel the cool

    The colors vibrant

    It’s so surreal

     

    Close your eyes

    And take it in

    To not enjoy it

    Is a sin

     

    I don’t understand

    The folks who say

    They’re content where they are

    They’re happy, they’ll stay

     

    No need to explore

    The world around you,

    You have all you need

    Right here about you?

     

    What about perspective?

    How can you have it

    When all you do

    Is stay protected?

     

    Get on out there!

    See the sights!

    Be a bird 

    And enjoy the flight

  • BIRDS PT. 1

    BIRDS PT. 1

    ‘That looks fun’

    I said to the birds

    As I looked at the sky 

     

    ‘I wish I were you’

    I let them know

    As they passed on by

     

    All that freedom

    To roam and sing

    Oh so high 

     

    What I’d give

    To have your wings

    And fly

  • Ego

    Ego

    My head is bigger than my heart,

    My ego ready to burst apart.

    The world doesn’t revolve around me

    And what I say today

    Won’t change the world anyway.

     

    Here’s what I learned about the economy:

    Inflation doesn’t cause harmony

    And what does is just a little bit of honesty.

    That being said,

    I need more heart and less of my head.

  • Weary Traveler

    Weary Traveler

    Friends will come and go with the wind

    And you’ll find yourself alone again.

     

    Seasons of loneliness will come

    And trust me, they’re no fun.

    But in time they’ll pass

    Just like the grass

    And life will keep on going.

     

    Good friends are hard to find

    And when they leave it plays with the mind.

    It hurts and leaves you broken,

    Just wishing they had spoken

    Something – anything to let you know

    That where you’re going they won’t go.

    And then the pain sets in.

     

    But take heart, weary traveler!

    As you walk along, the road gets easier

    And while the going is hard

    And you feel beaten and scarred,

    Just know it can’t last forever.

     

    And when you’re through, you’ll see

    Life isn’t even about me

    And you’ll open your eyes

    And see through the lies

    And then help others be free.

  • pause.

    pause.

    Take a look around you,

    Do you ever

    stop

    to think?

    In this hi-spd wrld

    Do you ever count your b l i n k s ?

     

    We’ve become so good at
    hiding

    But we live behind a see-through sheet.

     

    We must take this moment now

    And stop playing hide-and-go-seek

  • Monster.

    Monster.

    There’s a monster in my closet.

    I hope he doesn’t bite.

    If he even shows his face

    He’s gonna have a fight.

    There’s a human in my bedroom.

    I don’t know what to do.

    If he comes looking for a shirt

    I might turn a nasty shade of blue.

    I’m mighty scared of monsters.

    But I can’t let that on.

    They can smell fear they say,

    But I hope to heaven I’m wrong.

    Gee I’m scared of humans.

    They’re so loud and smelly.

    If he’s not gone in a few days

    I think he’ll make me silly.

    I’m moving out, that’s for sure.

    I can’t cohabit with creeps.

    Hang on, I’ll pack my things and go,

    Trying hard not to make a peep.

    I’m happy the human left the room.

    He was quite an ugly sight.

    The only problem is when he left

    He forgot to turn off the light!

  • Faithful

    Faithful

    He was faithful then,

    He’ll be faithful now;

    Never has my God let me down.

     

    My dreams are shattered,

    My faith is shaken;

    Lord help me in my unbelief.

    Here I stand and choose

    To revel in Your name;

    God of all the world, you are my relief!

     

    He was faithful then,

    He’ll be faithful now;

    My God, you never let me down

  • Dream Big

    Dream Big

    Creativity, candy for the brain.

    Colors, relief for the pain.

    Money, food for the vain.

    Light, life for the stained.

    Knowledge, truth for the trained.

    Power, a soul engrained.

    Crime, to cope with the blame.

    Anger, voice of the enflamed.

    Courage, to free the enslaved.

    America, home to the free and the brave.

    Prayers, for the lost and depraved.

    Hope, for those alive and in the grave.

    Dreams, to strengthen and to save.