I Believe

by Christine Schaffer

The blackness falls seeping
slowly
Figurative decay crumbles
piece by piece. Growing
pains no matter the age,
The older you get the more they sting
Having faith could work but trying
words
Try to deceive your eyes ears &
heart,
On the bottom trying to climb back
up.
It's so easy to get stuck and get
comfortable
But it all gets stale like bad air.
Don't stop believing God has a 
plan
 The choices you make always decide your fate.
 Even though you're in despair my
  mom taught manners
  Didn't yours?
   Just because you're given a title
   does that mean 
     You have to live up to the name?
     Yes you may not have a home but
      The confusion of where you are is
      just a mirage
       Home or not home... homeless?
       Home without but don't forget to 
        take care of yourself!
         Then again I know that's that's why I
         have been put here because
          I am learning for the first tome in
          37 years
           How to take care of myself.  All the
            smoke
            In the mirrors and facades this
             place
               Is like the Garden of Eden full of 
               Forbidden fruit and snakes. Only
                people
                Who look at it through God's eyes
                 can survive and 
                 Get through the high wading waters.
                   Please 
                   God don't let me drown.  I value you
                     first and foremost
                       Along with Jesus.  Is it possible to
                        find the truest kind of love with a man
                           In this crazy world I have brought
                             myself to?  I believe
                              Love is the answer
                                           I believe