JOURNEY

As I took the back roads through this  life

There were many gravel filled paths of strife

Seeing my own examples I thought God must be the only answer

I wanted to be  healed from something worse than  cancer

The arduous journey of mine began just before age fifteen

Much from the many versions of the  Bible I did not glean

Basically I only learned that I was a born sinner

Living poorly for others after death in heaven might  make me a winner

I was resurrected an accidental quadriplegic now living in depression

Desperate for relief I went everywhere for  confession

At different ages and stages of this nightmare I was baptized

Tried many hallucinogenic denominations on for size

Then while having an ha moment  I came to my own conclusion

That I was barely existing in a land of confusion

One day in prayer I shouted at God

You know these religions of yours are very odd

He said you don’t need them to believe in me

Brothers and sisters This is the truth that set me free

Being really still I began to connect with spirit

Silence was the only way that I could hear it

After reading  many authors that wrote you must change your focus

I realized There were no shortcuts or hocus pocus

Very grateful A friend once told me that happiness is a journey within

Is this where God is? Then, well, let’s begin

Now understanding this life was not given for me to treat it as a decoy

It is my gift to share with all of you while counting it all joy.

BY Deborah McCreath Akbar © 2012