Given To Me
I once was a wizard who treasured the night
The earthly pleasures full of empty delight
An empty monster who had no soul
Feeding the flames was my only goal
Then one day a lesson I learned
Dance in the fire and you will get burned
Burnt to a crisp and black as coal
Thats what the mirror said of my soul
Thats the day I shattered my mold
Let the blanket of love shelter me from the cold
My poetic teacher was a ray of light
At the end of the tunnel dark as the night
The poems I wrote were no less than a torch
Leading through the darkness to here on my porch
And now that I'm here I can't help but say
I treasure the blessings I receive everyday
There easy to see if you've walked in my shoes
Everyday it's a blessing I don't go out and use
In losing my freedom I've learned what it means
Everyday is a blessing I'm waiting to dream
Of the pain and trials I now face everyday
There future blessings I'm saving to pray
Today as I sit on my porch with a smile
I thought "maybe I should write for awhile"
And look what that thought turned out to be
Another blessing the Lord has given to me
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