Not Alone

The path to today 

has been long

and sometimes 

fraught with 

tears and heartache. 

The path has 

given me many 

joys and some 

sorrows as I walked this 

long and winding road. 

Some days the journey has 

seemed impossible and 

the struggles 

never ending. 

Through it all, 

my faith has been my 

guide, even 

in those moments of 

doubt and misery

when I wanted nothing more 

than to give up 

and let go. 

I have loved and I have 

felt the beginnings 

of hatred 

start to enter my heart, 

and yet 

through it all 

with every heartbeat, 

every breath, 

every tear, 

every single step 

I was never truly alone. 

God was there, 

next to me, 

ahead of me, 

and He was there with me 

in the past 

when all the hurt 

and bitterness 

threatened to consume 

but never truly took hold. 

He was there. 

In the silence of the night

when only tears had 

fallen, He was there to comfort. 

In the frustrations of 

the day, when nothing 

seemed to go my way, 

He was there to remind me

I am not alone. 

In the early morning when 

my anger seemed to 

rage and all 

I could do was 

ask why, 

He was there with 

the plan I have 

yet to understand. 

Through it all, 

the heart breaks, 

the healing, 

the forgiveness, 

the smiles, 

the tears, He was there. 

As I walk this journey

called life, 

I know that even on my 

darkest days, 

in my weakest moments, 

I am not alone.