free verse

Writer’s Conference

Feeling down

Feeling blue

Where can I go but to You?

Am I a has been?

A never been?

Remember when I became a good shot

at basketball?

I even made a basket full court once.

But then I took a basketball class.

They tried to teach me to shoot correctly.

When it was all done

I could shoot neither way.

Is that happening with my writing?

Lord, show me the correct way

for me.

You are a wise teacher

and the best parent.

You know me more than I know myself.

God, I give my writing

and all that entails to You.

Lead me, guide me, fill me.

Let what comes out be my voice

in You, originating from Your heart.

For my writing, my hope is in You

as it is with anything else.

I love You, Lord,

I’m no longer blue.

You lift me up.

Joy!