Once in a while,
When I am sad,
I try to find something
To make me glad.
I go out of the house;
Never mind I look a mess.
I sit on the bench
And ponder nature.
I see all the wonders
And imagine things.
How would it be,
If I were not here.
I think of my family
And how they would miss me,
And then I would know
Why I am alive.
I am not really depressed;
At least I don't think so.
I just need to be re-assured
Of my place around here.
I am loved,
This I do know.
My friends and family
Tell me so.
I do not think they lie;
For they show it in so many ways.
And I try my very best,
To return their love & affections.
There are times
when I am down,
that things seem to weigh
Ever so strongly.
Times of which,
I cannot see,
the reasons for existing,
Here on this plain.
Sometimes it is hard
To see just why,
But I know there's a plan,
Or God wouldn't let me "Be".
So, once in a while,
When I am sad,
I try to find something,
To make me glad.
by Jann Newland
©November 2005
