Friday, August 14, 2009

Deal With It


I don’t want to think about it.


I don’t want to face it.


I don’t want to deal with it.


I want to hide from it all.




My heart hurts.


It always hurts.


Will it ever heal?


I don’t want to deal with it.



Scabs that never seem to heal.


My heart bleeds.


Again.


I don’t want to deal with it.



Dealing with it hurts too much.


Hurting makes my world turn black.


I can’t do it.


I’m afraid.



No one dares ask.


I dare not share.


I bleed. I bleed. I bleed.


My heart is beyond repair



Life is chaos.


I don’t want to live.


It hurts to much.


I don’t want to deal with it.



I want to be held.


To be loved unconditionally.


Instead I am cut.


Again and again I am cut.



A part of my dies with each cut.


I don’t want to live.


Living hurts too much.


I don’t want to deal with it.



The love that could heal me never comes.


Instead it turns tail and runs.


I am to dirty.


Again I find myself cut.



She tells me He loves me.


He died for me.


He wants to save me.


But she runs away.



I bleed.


They don’t care.


I die.


They will never notice.



So I take these pills


No one loves me.


I don’t want to deal with it.


Now I don’t have to.




Note: Written in honor of my friends, who face rejection over and over again. Even from people who call themselves Christians. 'Deal With It' was written to "inspire" Christians to begin to deal with it (the horrible plight that has taken America by storm--Lazy Christianity). To dare to step out and love. To change the world one life at a time. . .

2 comments:

Wengerd said...

You may not believe me . . . but part of this unrhyming poem resonates with some of what I've experienced. Thanks for writing it.

Ruth Ann said...

oh Brit.

words cannot express. I mean, it's so true. I'm one of those friends... And I love you very much. You're a very dear friend, blessed me beyond measure and given me encouragement. In some of the hardest/darkest times of my life, you've been here to shower the hope of God upon me, to remind me to not give up and to love beyond the pain.

And well...we need to talk. But you have touched my life in very significant ways. Thanks for writing this and being so sensitive. I love you so much!

Blessings dear friend,
Ruth Ann