Why do you still yourself <br />in the tread marks of the past <br />bringing back bittersweetness <br />in memories you beg not to last <br />So much torment and suffering <br />blinding your futuristic eyes <br />with the remembering <br />that you wish you could deny <br />All the hope that is in you <br />that you look to <br />is erased in a new picture <br />that your past drew <br />Is it that hard to abandon <br />a past so dark <br />lighting the near future <br />with a brand new spark <br />Must you dwell in despair <br />with feelings unfair <br />and lose the promising hope <br />of a faithful prayer <br />Need you break your own heart <br />with a past written in pen <br />or start on a clean slate <br />with a simple amen <br />My dearest friend <br />who remains distraught <br />Don't you realize <br />your second chance was bought <br />I beg you to see <br />with eyes of not your own <br />but to see a future <br />where you're never alone <br />For the day you're reborn <br />those clothes you had worn <br />will be cleansed of despair <br />as the new oath is sworn <br />For my Messiah, Jesus Christ <br />wants to be your Lord <br />and begin a relationship <br />with your sight being restored <br />So let go of the baggage <br />that weighs your spine <br />passing your burdens <br />to the Back of the Divine<br /><br />Trevor Schulte<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/torn-but-reborn/
