TRAPPED NO MORE (UPDATED)

IS THIS WHERE I AM SUPPOSED TO BE?

FEELING TRAPPED AND UNNOTICED,

THIS DEFINITELY ISN'T FOR ME.

WHY CAN'T YOU LEAD ME

TO THE CHURCHES OF OLD?

YOU REMEMBER THE ONES

WHERE AUNT MONA PLAYED THE PIANO

WHILE I WAS FERVENTLY PRAYING FOR MY GRANDFATHER

TO END HIS SERMON
AND HOPING THAT NO ONE COULD HEAR MY STOMACH GROWLING.

LORD, I WOULD BEG GOD,
PLEASE LET GRANDFATHER BE DONE
JUST A LITTLE EARLY
SO I COULD GO FROLIC IN THE WARM TEXAS SUN.

AND, LORD JESUS, I KNOW YOU KNOW MY PRAYER -

TO HELP THOSE HURTING, IN NEED OF CARE.

WHEN I STARTED WRITING POETRY ABOUT THE REASON I'M IN PAIN,

I SET A GOAL FOR MYSELF - JUST TO HELP ONE OTHER PERSON WHO ALSO SUFFERED.
THE DARKNESS,
THE RAIN,
THE CLOUDS,
AND WORST OF ALL,
THE RUMBLE OF THE THUNDER.
AND EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT READS WHAT I WRITE,
PLACES A FIRE IN MY HEART
THAT WILL NOT GO OUT.
SO ONE OR SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND*,
IT'S ALL FOR THE LORD,
BECAUSE THIS THING THAT I DO - 
SHINING THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS -
REALLY DOES BRING PEACE TO MY SOUL.

PHILIPPIANS 4:7

AND THE PEACE OF GOD,
WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING,
WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS
IN CHRIST JESUS.

*THIS CLOSE TO 78,000, PRAISE GOD! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE READING WHAT I WRITE. I WILL KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS.  AND COULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR MY PRODIGAL DAUGHTER  MAY YOU ALL BE BLESSED.