I Do My Best

Life is hard as everyone knows
Filled with many worries and woes
An uphill battle I keep on fighting
I do my best not for lack of trying.

Sometimes the days are hard to begin
With all this sadness in a soul lying within
A heart rages on with a fire to burn
Not knowing what to do or even where to turn.

I am told to not give up and to stay strong
Believe in a world where people do wrong.
Keep my head held high and keep on serving
Hard work will pay off to those that are deserving.

Wounds can't heal in a heart that has been broken
By days gone by of words never uttered or spoken.
Sometimes the soul needs to sit back and wallow
In a darkness of sorts so true peace can follow

Despite all of this I truly do believe
In faith, in hope, in dreams to achieve
In silent prayers to a God I can't always see
I strive to do good and be all that I can be.

I still find myself wondering what else I can do
To make it through another day feeling so blue.
I wonder when will the sun rise again and peak out
Remove this sadness and these clouds of doubt.

I'm calling to God please show yourself to me
Lead me your way and and please let me see
That something is still worth believing in today
When my soul just wants to fade and decay.

Life is hard with as everyone knows
Gets harder as each day comes and goes
It's even harder when all you want to do is sigh
Instead of releasing your soul so that it can fly

Forgive me my lord for being so down
For not believing today that you are around
To bring peace to my heart and hope to my soul
Make me feel complete again and fill my hearts hole.

I've done my best and given my all
To this world's every beckon and every call
It was not good enough apparently they say
At the end of the journey I've traveled today.

God, I did my best I wanted you to know
I believed in myself and that I could grow
No one else saw fit that I had the strength to move on
So now my hopes and dreams are all dead and gone.

I now get on my knees and the end of this day
Hope you can hear me as I silently pray
Weary and weak I truly seek your shelter tonight
Let me be free for I am weakened by this fight.

***Thanks to Kristen for the inspiration to write this poem***