#5 - Princess

I wrote these poems back when I was in school at UCDavis. It was a hand written piece, so I hadn't edited it until now. I decided to change the perspective of the poem with a few tweaks. This is written from God's point of view as he is speaking to this girl. He wants her to know that He loves her and He will always love her because the nature of Him is love itself. As bad as things get, and no matter how far she falls, God is completely and ridiculously in love with her. On my best days, this is how I comprehend God to be. My worst days tend to be when I forget this. 

Part 1: Princess don’t follow the king of fools

I see you wandering these streets looking for something to eat

And your heart begins to shudder

As you lie down in the gutter

Where is your faith when your mother has abandoned you

Where is your hope when your father keeps abusing you?

Is this the place that you escape as your hope only deteriorates?

Fifteen years is not so far yet I see that needles mark your arm

Searching for the vein

For an escape from your pain.

But it is not worthy of your time

These aren’t the mountains you should climb

And to think your innocence is lost

To a man who could pay the cost...

of a fix

Part 2: Princess please live beyond these darkest of days

These are the dark days of your past

And there are dark days ahead

It seems like every day is a dark day

When your heart is already dead

Feeling cold and alone

Every moment is despair

Your body needs a fix

To get back into gear

They say “things fall apart”

But you had nothing from the start,

Broken from day one

Your innocence undone

Before your life begun

They tell you what you do is wrong

But it’s the only path you know

The darkness is the land you tread

And you tread this path alone

You have no faith because there is no one you could ever trust

You have no hope because the world has never been just

Part 3: Princess you are beautiful 

You are still beautiful in my eyes

Let me redeem you from the world’s lies

For this pain, it is not right

 it's not my ultimate design

Let me carry you out into the light

Beyond your ideas of wrong and right

Despite the dark days, you are my delight

Here I am with my hand extended, I am the light that never fades