I don't know how many people feel the same way i do about a notebook, yes, just a regular notebook. When I see a brand new notebook I just can't wait to write on the first page of it, call me crazy but its true. When my 13 year old son had gotten his notebooks for school, 10 for $1.00, I told him "One of those is mine"...lol. Well that night I couldn't wait to write about something...and wouldn't you know it, I couldn't think of one thing to write about. For two days I tried to think of something, I told my boyfriend to give me a subject to write about...he thinks I am a loon anyway....he said, "just write about nothing to write about." and that got me thinking! That's how i come up with this poem, once I started writing i couldn't stop.
THERE IT LAYS, A NOTEBOOK! CRISP AND NEW,
IT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOE IT WILL BE USED.
A NOTEBOOK IS A VERY POWERFUL THING,
IT CAN HOLD THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND MAY TELL WHAT THE FUTURE WILL BRING
IT COULD BE A WRITER WITH MANY JUMBLED THOUGHTS,
JOTTING DOWN SENTENCES TO MAKE UP HIS PLOT.
OR AN ARTIST WITH GENTLE HANDS,
SKETCHING A MASTERPIECE AND SHADING IT IN.
MAYBE A TROUBLED TEEN, WHO HAS SECRETS WITHIN,
WRITING THEIR THOUGHTS HOPING SOMEONE WILL FIND THEM.
CIRCLES AND SCRIBBLES ON EVERY PAGE,
OR A CHILD'S NAME THEY LEARNED TO WRITE THAT DAY.
A LITTLE LOVE NOTE SOME WILL WRITE,
OR A NASTY LETTER AFTER A FIGHT.
NO NAMED NUMBERS KEPT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS,
OR A HUNNY-DO-LIST FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.
STICK FIGURED FAMILIES A CHILD HAS DREW
OR A NEGATIVE BALANCE FROM A LIST OF BILLS OVER DUE.
THERE ARE ENDLESS USES FOR THIS BOOK OF PAPER,
SOME WILL THROW THEM AWAY AND SOME WILL KEEP FOREVER.
We were taught, as kids, to pray for things the we want to see, have or what we want to turn out. So many prayers seem as though they go unanswered but God will only grant you what you see yourself worthy of. Imagination is a powerful thing. Everything we see that was built by man started in a mind first, a dream, or a desire. God is our father. If I wanted to give my child something they longed for and they turned their head in shame as though they were not worthy of it, it would break my heart. How would I know they really needed it if they didn’t ask for it or seen themselves worthy of having it? Turn to your father, ask for forgiveness, not just because you have done wrong but ask for forgiveness that you feel the shame inside, the regret, the missed opportunities that you gave up. Ask for forgiveness that you never had faith that God was leading you all long and you ignored the blessings because someone told you that you weren’t worthy. Know your worth and give thanks t...
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