Thank God (2010)
Thank you God
For your Grace
Which no one, nothing
Could ever replace
Thank you God
For showing me the Way
Even though
Sometimes I stray
Thank you God
For giving me such Power
Strengthening me through
My darkest hour
Thank you God
For every Gift
Each always managing
My mood to uplift
Thank you God
For embodying Love
In this earthly existence
And the heavens above
Thank you God
For creating Me
When I look within
It is you that I see
I wrote this poem the same year I began writing my autobiography. I placed it at the end of the book as a testament to not only what it was that got me through the hellish experience of writing it, but also, what sustained me throughout my life. That is, what helped me endure the abuse I experienced as a child, as well as, dealing with the aftereffects of it in the years that followed.
I still read it as it strengthens me through tough times. I hope it does the same for anyone else who is struggling at the moment, or at any point in the future.
Helen
