Poetry: Jesus, My best Friend

A few days before this past Valentines Day, I was tasked by my sister to write a poem for her to present at a val's day program she was to attend. So, with her help, I was able to come up with what is below. I just decided to share it with the lot of you this season 'cos the message is still relevant to easter. Enjoy.

Why wouldn't he let me go
I don't deserve his grace
For I am tattered and frayed
And full of life's mistakes

I was running a race
but the pressures had been too great
And to them I fell prey
A dear price I had to pay

I had accepted my fate
Knowing I do not deserve a save
Crimson and dark with stains
Definitely beyond his grace

And yet here he is in my dreams
Patient, loving, caring and ready to save
He said he only needed my faith
So that I could escape the grave

He said his love is like the rays of sunshine
Piercing into the heart with light and warmth
He said his peace is like a river
Ever casting life's cares away

He said I should come to him and abide
Cast all my cares and in him reside
For in him is new life
He said he will lead me to the cross

But all these have I heard before
When the deceiver came seeking an oath
Tongue rang with sounds so sweet
My soul being sought for the debt

Enticed, I surrendered and gave in
Naive, I presented my soul
Scared, I received the presents
Enraged, he took them all away

I returned broken and empty
My being shaken and shattered
My heart pierced and bitter
Soul belonging to another

And here you come
Asking me to surrender!
How can I trust your love
Why should I come to the cross?

The Cross

But I've heard about the cross
I heard itis a perfect symbol of love
Where my sins were washed away
That in it there can be no loss

The cross that freed me from every curse
Where you took away my shame
Where your pain has become my gain
Where you died so I could live

It has now become clear
I am now in love with another
A true love I have found
Nothing else matters

My peace returned like a flash of lightning
Swiftly, I ran into his arms, enveloped in his warm embrace
I love you, he said
Indeed no other love compares
For Jesus is now my best friend.