MY HEART IS TOO HEAVY

KIMBERLY ALSUP 1964 (INDIANAPOLIS)



MY HEART IS TOO HEAVY TO CARRY
WITH ALL THATS GOING ON TODAY.
IN MY LIFE, MY FAMILY AND OUR WORLD.
SO IM LAYING MY BURDENS DOWN
AT THE FEET OF JESUS TODAY.
AND I HOPE THAT I CAN PRAY TO HIM
AND HE WILL ERASE MY SINFUL WAYS.
THE DAYS THEY COME AND THEY PASS
BUT IN MY HEART I SEE IT AT LAST.
GOD WILL NOT BEG YOU TO COME TO HIM
 YOU MUST LEARN TO OPEN YOUR HEART TO HIM.
I THANK MY JESUS EVERY SINGLE DAY
AT HE SEES FIT TO WAKE ME IN HIS OWN WAY.
SO I AM HEAVY HEARTED IN MY LIFE TODAY
BUT JESUS KNOWS AND HES WIPED IT ALL AWAY.
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND IF YOU HAVENT OPENED YOUR HEART TO JESUS- YOU BETTER DO SOME SERIOUS SOUL SEARCHING.
MY HEART IS JUST HEAVY AND I CANNOT CARRY THESE BURDENS  ANYMORE .

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MY HEART IS SADDENED BY THE MANY THINGS IN LIFE. MY LIFE, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CHILDREN.

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Written on July 29, 2022

Submitted by IWUZCUZZ on July 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDBEFGHEEBBBBAIJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 712
Words 162
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

KIMBERLY ALSUP

I AM 57 YRS OLD. I HAVE WRITTEN POETRY SINCE I WAS PROBABLY 10 YRS OLS. IT IS MY WAY TO ESCAPE AND NOT TO LET THINGS SET UNRESOLVED IN MY HEAD AND MY HEART. I AM A MOTHER OF 2 GREAT GUYS, A GRANDMA TO ALMOST 7 (1 BOY, 6 GIRLS). I LOVE TO RIDE MY MOTORCYCLE AND GOING TO SEE THE SUNSETS. more…

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