-a reflection on the Psalms
by Jenelle Lambshead
There are times when people say
some pretty mean things, and it ruins my day.
Have you been there, left broken and bruised?
Wondering if they even have a clue,
how deeply they hurt you, with something so small
But words, I find, are not small at all.
Words aren’t just things that float about.
They have weight, and depth when spoken out.
Words can lift a mood and bring a big smile.
Others…can knock you straight down for a while.
I can get angry with how sloppy we can all be!
Did she just say that, and mean that of me?
Why do people bully? Why are they so mean?
I just get so frustrated that sometimes I scream!
All of this pain is just swirling around!
Please someone, please someone, pick me up off this ground!
Why is there hurt? Why is there pain?
God please, will you just end every hard thing?
Remove all the pain, and trouble I see.
I just want it to be gone and done with in me!
Make the world better, make it all new!
Draw people close, make them more like you.
Heal all the hurting and broken I pray!
Just please make the world right, could you do it today?!
I am angry and upset, will you take up the fight?
It’s dark and I’m lonely, longing for some light.
God take all of these things, these feelings so loud.
Calm them all down now that you’ve heard them out loud.
Thank you for being big enough for them all.
I’ll talk to you tomorrow,
Love,
Someone Small.
