Poetry

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MY FRIEND

MY LIFE SEEMED TO BE ON A ROLL
EVERYTHING I WANTED I THOUGHT I HAD
BUT THE DEVIL HAD FULL CONTROL
EVERYTHING I DID WAS BAD

LIFE WAS HARD AND TOUGH
BUT THAT SEEMED TO BE OK
AT TIMES IT GOT REAL ROUGH
BUT THAT SEEMED TO BE THE WAY

THEN ONE DAY THE POLICE AT MY DOOR
TELLING ME I AM UNDER ARREST
MY JAW JUST HIT THE FLOOR
AS MY HEART RACED IN MY CHEST

SO OFF TO JAIL I WENT
NOW WHERE'S THE DEVIL MY FRIEND
AS OFF TO PRISON I WAS SENT
THIS FRIENDSHIP WAS SOON TO END

LITTLE DID I KNOW AT THE TIME
THIS WAS THE WAY IT HAD TO BE
BECAUSE JESUS WAS ALSO A FREIND OF MINE
BUT THIS I HADN'T YET SEEN

I HAD TO ASK HIM INTO MY HEART
ASK HIM TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS
HE WAS GLAD TO DO HIS PART
BECAUSE THERE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN

AS I KNELT DOWN BEHIND THEM BARS AND ASK HIM INTO MY HEART
I FELT HIS PRESENCE DEEP WITHIN
HE TOLD ME I COULD HAVE A NEW START
FOR LIFE BETTER THEN IT HAS EVER BEEN

I LEFT THAT PRISON ON MY WAY HOME
WITH ME MY DEAREST FREIND
AND KNOWING I AM NEVER ALONE
THIS FREINDSHIP WILL NEVER END


MICHAEL A FAULKNER 09-21-01

1 WEEK OUT OF PRISON
FREED AT LAST (NOW WALKING WITH JESUS)

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