HOLD ON I'M HERE
HOLD ON I'M HERE
ON BENDED KNEES I PRAYED OUT LOUD
OH GOD PLEASE HELP ME
I CANNOT SEE
I TRIED TO TOUCH HIM BUT I COULD NOT FIND HIM I REACHED OUT MY HAND
AS HE PASSED BY
BUT SOMETHING STOPPED ME
I WONDERED WHAT
MY INNER SELF I COULDN'T LET GO,
IT FRIGHTENED ME
OH WHAT WAS WRONG?
I PULLED I GRABBED I TRIED TO HOLD ON !
BUT MY FEET WERE SLIPPING GOING
DOWNWARD! DOWNWARD!
I LOOKED BELOW AND ALL I COULD SEE
WAS PAIN AND HEARTACHE
WAITING FOR ME
I DARE NOT SPEAK I MUST BE STILL
HE'S CALLING ME CAN'T YOU HEAR?
THE FEAR INSIDE ME KEPT PULLING
ME BACK
I CRIED DEAR LORD PLEASE SAVE ME I PRAY
THEN CAME HIS VOICE LOUD AND CLEAR
BUT SOFT AND GENTLE
TO MY EAR
LOOK UP! LOOK UP! IT'S ME YOU SEE
I OPENED MY EYES AND I COULD SEE
ALL THE BEAUTY THAT WAS
WAITING FOR ME
OH! WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG TO TRUST
IN THE ONE THAT LOVED ME SO.
I'VE BEEN HERE WAITING FOR YOU,
HERE'S MY HAND JUST HOLD ON,
DON'T LET GO,
FOR IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THE
DARKNESS TURNS TO DAWN
AND LEAVES BEHIND THE UGLY VEIL
THAT KEPT MY SOUL IN DEEP DESPAIR
AS I HELD ON TO HIS HAND
THE FEAR WAS GONE
I WASN'T ALONE
WRITTEN BY GAY GILLILAND April 29, 2008
About this poem
It's about a person who is feeling lost and in despair trying to find God not realizing that God was there all along.
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Written on April 29, 2008
Submitted by lovetheducks73 on June 16, 2023
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Words | 264 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 40, 1 |
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