Why?

Why do you follow me when I run way ?
Nothing about me is special, Why, why do you love me ?
I wish I could see what you see,
Lord, why can't I be the person that you see, when you look at me ?

In myself I know, lurks the evil potential.
To do the very things I hate, that separate me from you.
Yet at times I seem incapable of stopping it,
Then the guilt comes, I want your forgiveness, but can I forget ?

So I run, and I run, but I don't seem to move,
When I look around, there you are, calling me to you.
Tears flow from our eyes, and you are love,
You hold onto me, and tell me you will never let go.

I pray Lord, renew in me a right spirit, create in me a clean heart.
May I never cause you pain again, for I know your love is life, without your love I have nothing.
Lord make me the person you see in me. I can't !
j. thompson 4-21-07

You Never Knew Me

You never knew me,
But I know your voice.
I felt your heartbeat, I had no choice.

We breathed together,
Your food was mine.
We are linked to each other, outside of time.

I knew your fear,
I felt it each day.
You seemed so alone, I wanted to stay.

All of your confusion,
no where to run.
You held my life, it had only begun.

The separation and rejection,
tore me apart.
Still, I forgive you, may God heal your heart.

You never knew me,
but I know your voice.
Your breath was mine, I had no choice...

j. thompson 2000