When you look down upon my face; <br />And you see the sadness and also the disgrace, <br />Please remember, they were not always there; <br />But think of me in your thoughts and your prayer. <br /> <br />As it was not really that long ago; <br />When happiness and joy in my face did show, <br />When love and peace had also occupied my heart; <br />But then from me, those emotions did part. <br /> <br />A smile and a laugh was the first to leave; <br />Then next were my dreams and the need to believe, <br />My feelings and words of compassion would disappear; <br />Then stronger grew my hate, and also my fear. <br /> <br />The world that I knew it was no longer my friend; <br />The hope that I had I would no longer send, <br />My life and my home it became a different place; <br />And it is all there when you look down, upon my face.<br /><br />Randy McClave<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-past-life/
