There was a time when I lived only for freedom,
the freedom to soar across a clear blue summer sky.
I was content to spend my days just dreamin'
with a child's faith that my dreams would never die.
And there was a time when I lived for fame and fortune.
I thought that destiny was written on my soul.
Sure that greatness would be mine oh so soon,
but years of reality have taken their toll.
So somebody tell me, what am I waiting for?
Tell me, why am I so unsatisfied by all the dreams that came before?
Somebody tell me what I'm living for...
There was a time when I lived only for romance.
Love was my only reason left to live.
Life was a flower, a song, a poem, a slow dance,
but I found myself still lonely and unfufilled.
So somebody tell me, what am I waiting for?
Tell me, why am I so unsatisfied by all the dreams that came before?
Somebody tell me what I'm living for...
Now I've finally realized I'm living for nothing.
There's no sane reason I keep goin' on anymore,
But maybe somewhere way out there is something
greater than the things for which others go to war.
Somebody tell me, what am I waiting for?
Tell me, why am I so unsatisfied by all the dreams that came before?
Somebody tell me what I'm living for...
Tell me, where am I going to find a reason to be human anymore?
Somebody tell me, what am I living for?
I know You have the answer...
I know You have the answer...
But I still don't understand
what I'm supposed to be living for...
Author notes
Intellectually I know the answers according to the Christian beliefs I hold, but somehow I can't manage to understand it emotionally or spiritually. I often feel like I don't really know what I'm living for, but I might as well keep going til I figure it out.
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Comments
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"I often feel like I don't really know what I'm living for, but I might as well keep going til I figure it out." I feel the same way and I am also a Christian. well anyway this was really good! It flowed beautifully and was full of strong emotion! Thank you for entering! Excellent work and the best of luck in my contest!!
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Keep searching..sometimes the search is what God testing how much you trust in Him to provide you with a purpose. The best part of the time you spend wondering, is when God finally gives you a purpose you know with a 100% certainty that it is where God wants you, no matter how crazy it is. I was goin through the same thing, and then God put in my head a mission trip. I am in college, and debt free, which means if i don't want to go into debt i gotta work, and not have adittional expenses. Totally crazy idea, and I thought as if...I now have $6000.00 to raise for a mission trip. God does amazing things as long as we are willing to continue searching when we don't feel content.
In Christ,
Jake
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Very Very Good!
I understand and empathize with the author very much. We all have stages in our lives, where one thing is the theme..and you run out of themes and reasons for why we are here and what is there for us and ahead of us Very emotional poem The title speaks for itself, though the grammar in the title should not maybe end with For..Line 1 starts right in the beginning of his search. The last line tells the reader, asking them in to help, and he knows they have the answer...Good! -
wow.
I know exactly how you feel..
I really do...
This is one of my fave stanzas
Now I've finally realized I'm living for nothing.
There's no sane reason I keep goin' on anymore,
But maybe somewhere way out there is something
greater than the things for which others go to war.
It gives you something to think about..
Thanks for sharing this piece with us
I love it
<33Tiffany
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