Sometimes I'm Very Alone. How About You?

a heartfelt poem, yet to answer your poem

if God has forgiven you, then you have already

forgiven yourself, for the Kingdom of Heaven is

within you,

If I could change anything in my life, I wish that I had never come into contact with the principles of Buddhism. I am not a Buddhist (far from it) but the ideas of buddhism will always impact me in a negative way.

I sometimes wonder if I could ever be a Christian again, but I think I have been born-again one too many times. Lonliness is a feeling I had never experienced before 2010. I still find it too curious to be really painful.

Thanks for giving my a mental excursion.

alone i've been from the beginning of time...

alone with a fifth in the dark it sit...

must always i suffer through life all alone...

guilt and pain an endless refrain

alone again, must i always remain?

it appears that "alone" is a reoccurring theme in what i think my best work.

"there are no gobacks no matter how hard you try". yes i am familiar with the desire to change my history. i am glad that you can gain some strength from faith, i have a hard time doing so in recent decades. self forgiveness is always the most difficult to receive because you must ask for it from your greatest critic. i have a gray sky today too. i hope writing helps you as much as it does me.

We were all toddlers once trying to walk. We all had to experience knee skin scrapes. Knee skin scrapes does not mean Godlessness, only childhood playfulness. The skies will turn blue then white then grey for all life around you, including you, must change and through it all, He will be there.

Yes Shirley, we all, or many have moments like that, and deal with them variously.

I also agree with those, that you are part of this family

please know that, cared for.

So I will echo, "Big Hugs."

Poignant Shirley. It makes me realize just how lucky I am, surrounded always by family. God is very forgiving. The hardest thing of all is to forgive yourself for wrongs you believe you have done. Have a hug (( ))

Shirley, you were there when I first came here and then you went away for a while. When you showed back up it was like spring thaw after a long hard winter.

The sun will shine again. I for one love your sweet soul.

I am often alone, still knowing God is always by my side. I have felt your "lone" feelings. Never fear the soft sounds of silence be still and hear His voice. Embrace it. Nice poem, sad though.

Very connectable. This is well done, I hope everything gets better for you.

We have these moments, all of us, so we know how to see it in others.

Well done, Shirley.