Lost and Wondering


when you've lost your faith
in those God set above you
and you wonder why
your troubles flooded in

and you fear that you have
somehow caused the problems
by your own hand and 
by acts that they call sin

you are lost and hoping
somehow light will find you
though the pit seems deep
and sides are hewn of stone

as you look about you
sadness takes its purchase
and at times you feel so
helplessly alone

and you wonder why your friends
they do not leave you
since its obvious that
others think you lost

those called loved ones have
so coldly now rejected
though the deed is theirs
its you who feels the cost

but remember now that others
see you differently
in their eyes you are
of immeasurable worth

into their lives you have
brought such hope and meaning
by your friendship brought a
measure of joy and mirth

its your life's effect on 
others that should weigh you
not the negative thoughts
of those who call you kin

though life may be chaos
wait and listen awhile for
the quiet voice of truth
to sound above the din

in time perhaps you'll
see the larger picture
instead of gritty textures
that fill the now

as humans we rarely
see the total meaning
we may ask the why
but merely see the how



(c) 2002 Robert H. Harrison