You fight
You pray
That someday
You’ll find your way

 Lost in a world
Full of turmoil and hate
Hoping you’ll make it
Before it’s too late

 Hurting inside with
Every step you take
People everywhere glaring
No one to give you a break

 Just another victim
Of a cruel fathers wrath
Trying to figure out now
Which is the right path

 My life seems similar
To a ping pong ball
Trying to avoid
My next big fall

 The question
Is always there
Why me what did I do
This is certainly not fair

 You hope, you pray
The hurt and pain
Will surely, certainly
Go away someday

 Your heart tells you
To be kind and gentle
But those angry feelings
Leave you stuck in the middle

You try oh so hard
To always do it right
But everywhere and everything
Is always a brutal fight

 You start to wonder
If anyone really cares
They just stand around
Looking with blank stares

 Running everyday through
Life’s bumps and grinds
Praying that this time
You can be gentle and kind

 Being criticized at
Every conceivable turn
Constantly hoping and praying
You don’t crash and burn

 You move rapidly forward
To help others and give back
But still there are those
Who cut you no slack

 Things start to happen
That start clouding your dreams
Seems no one really cares
Always the way it seems

 This wasn’t my fault
Why do I have to pay
The question I ask
No one has anything to say

 So I made my stand
Jesus reached out, gave me a hand
Lord with you I can do good
No longer will I be misunderstood

 Now he sends angels to help
Me all of the time
Honestly the ones he sends
Are an over whelming surprise

Then one day my youngest daughter
Stopped me and said “Dad I Love You”
“But for true peace of mind
Your heart must be set always
ON GENTLE AND KIND”

 Dedicated to my daughter Crystal Timms
Thanks for planting a seed in my
Heart that has already changed
My life “I Love You” Dad

 Author: Rodney Timms
January 8, 2012