Danielle N. Calhoun

REDEMPTION

I sit as I ponder the words that I’ve written
Not one of them sweet not one of them smitten
I wonder how I could write this although
To speak this way out loud makes me feel small

I hope that the offended will come to understand
That as a physically challenged single mother
I have a lot on my hands

I have the time to bitch about things
But I have no time to read what others think
So I just write and hope and I pray
The next soul to read this
Will come to understand

It took a lot to get this out
And it will take a lot more
To keep it all in

For as I am watching my son as he sleeps
I pray to the Lord that my soul He will keep
I know I’m no angel at least not to some

But I wait for heaven
As others wait for hell
To burn up the guilty
And leave the only ones pure

I know that it can’t be
Because I have been there before

I know of the anger frustration and more
So to open the floodgates
I wanted to be sure

That all of my sins and all of my life
Were not in vain or regret
I wait for the light
I wait for Redemption