Poetry

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EIGHT YEARS AGO, TODAY, YOU SENT ME TO PRISON
I GUESS YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO
SOMEHOW YOU HAD TO GET ME TO LISTEN
SO I WOULD COME AND GET TO KNOW YOU

IT WAS A DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET
I THOUGHT YOU SENT ME STRAIGHT TO HELL
NOW I CAN SURLY ADMIT
TO ROCK BOTTOM I HAD FELL

AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW WHY
AND I HATED LIFE WITH A PASSION
AT THE TIME I JUST WANTED TO DIE
BUT JESUS SAID THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN

SON,OPEN YOUR EYES SO YOU CAN SEE
LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO BAD
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRUST IN ME
I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU SAD

AS I SAT THERE SCARED, LONELY AND BLUE
YOU WAITED PATIENTLY FOR ME TO CALL ON YOU
WHEN I READ ABOUT ALL YOU COULD DO
THEN I DECIDED TO GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU

THAT DAY I KNELT DOWN TO PRAY
AND ASKED YOU INTO MY HEART
YOU TOLD ME THERE YOU WOULD STAY
TO GET READY FOR MY NEW START

IN MY HEART I'LL ALLWAYS TREASURE THAT DAY
THE DAY YOU TOOK ME IN
YOU TOLD ME, SON, THIS IS THE BETTER WAY
FIRST, LET ME TAKE AWAY YOUR SIN

YOU MADE SO MANY CHANGES IN MY LIFE
I COULD NEVER COUNT ALL THE WAYS
YOU TOOK AWAY MY PAIN AND STRIFE
AND HELPED ME THROUGH THE DAYS

THE CHANGES CAME SLOWLY AT FIRST
AFTER I ASKED YOU INTO MY HEART
FOR YOUR LOVE I DID THIRST
I WAS OFF ON MY NEW START

LIFE IS BETTER THEN IT'S EVER BEEN
NO LONGER DO I FEEL BLUE
NO LONGER DO I LIVE IN SIN
EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS TRUE

THANK YOU,LORD,FOR REACHING OUT TO ME
YOU DID WHAT YOU HAD TO DO
NOW I WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE
HOW MUCH LOVE I HAVE FOR YOU.


MICHAEL A FAULKNER
01-09-08
OUT OF PRISON 6 YEARS 4 MONTHS
sent to prison 01-13-00

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