Copyright 2002, Duwayne H. Bryant
IT'S NOT HEAVY
AS I LOOK INTO MY HEART,
WITH A SELF EXAMINATION,
I TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
THE PROBLEM I'M FACE'N.

MY PROBLEMS WEIGH HEAVY,
A BIG LOAD ON MY BACK,
WITH NO ANSWERS TO MY PROBLEMS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT.

TO CARRY THIS WITH ME,
AROUND EVERYDAY,
I ASK MYSELF QUESTIONS.
BUT, KNOW NOT WHAT TO SAY.

A NEIGHBOR CAME BY
MY GARDEN ONE EVENING.
AFTER A FEW WORDS,
MY GIFTS I WAS RECEIVING.

ONE LOOK AT HIS FACE
AND THE HURT IN HIS EYES,
I SHOWED NO EMOTIONS.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED.

THIS MAN HAD LOST SOMEONE
THAT HE LOVED SO TRUE.
HE TOUCHED MY HAND AND SAID,
"NEIGHBOR, WHAT SHOULD I DO?"

I HAD NO ANSWER
FOR MY NEIGHBOR THAT DAY.
BUT, HE LIGHTENED MY LOAD
IN EVERY WAY.

THE PROBLEMS I HAVE,
NOW SO TINY AND FEW,
WAS SOLVED BY A MAN
AND HE NEVER KNEW.
Posted here with author's permission.
Rainbow Faith, words of Inspiration, Faith & Hope for the bereaved.
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