My Inspiration (#3)

Everything seemed so surreal when you left me
And my heart felt so broken and used.
There were so many unanswered questions.
Our hearts had always seemed undoubtedly fused.

My joyful spirit became weak
And I thought my heart would always ache.
But you didn't stop hurting this tender heart;
Instead, you forced it to break.

My body shook and ached
As I cried vehement and despondent tears.
In a heartbeat, you made it all end.
Even after all these years.

The pain was unbearable and dreadful
And I thought my soul was dying.
You had gotten me under your spell
By manipulating, controlling and lying.

But then I opened my teary eyes,
And felt love all around me.
God was there to rescue me
And I felt the enemy shudder and flee.

Our merciful Lord sat me up
And brushed away my heavy tears.
He said, "Child, you will be all right.
I'm here to cast away your fears."

As I sobbed, He held me in His arms
And whispered gently in my ear:
"My love, I'm protecting you.
And I promise I'll always be here."

Thank you for being my inspiration.
I'm still here, and I'm still free.
Because of God's gracious love--
HIS, I forever will be.

You may have tried to keep me down
With your lying and manipulation.
But now I'm closer to God
Because of your inspiration:

Your pain-inflicting words and actions
Have inspired me to move on.
And you can bet that from your spell-
I am free and long gone.

God has blessed me so abundantly
With a family of friends that cares.
They have been so gracious and kind
Helping me with some heart repairs.

You thought you had permantently broken me
And my gentle, loving heart
But you were wrong, I'm happier today
Even though we are forever apart.

I know what we had was tangible
But now that's simply just dust.
So God has put people around me
That I know I can really trust.