Each day a new sadness befalls me
I accept this fate that God has given me
and know there must be a reason
A good heart he did give me
and I know somehow, someway it will find meaning
in somoene sweet and kind.

She will be my angel
she will carry part my sadness
lift the weight of it off me
and I will love her with all of my broken heart
But today is another dead end
one that I feel the hurt of
deeply

This is not my place
I must leave it behind
but before going I would have liked to share my story with one
But she did not trust her heart
nor mine
though I would have shared my story and my feelings
if she had believed in me
if only for a moment longer

I know that those injured do not easily trust
I am the same
I understand that feeling so I cannot criticize
But still I feel so injured tonight
to know that I am a true person
and that I can be turned off like a lightswitch
it feels like a sadness on top of sadness
to be something and to be regarded as something else.

So its best to leave
Just when I was finding a voice
Its better to stay silent
and not cause ripples
Its better to disappear back into darkness
better that my story is untold

If ever you find yourself with a choice
A simple act of kindness toward another
Choose kindness
Do not abandon them in haste
stay long enough to know their true heart
Know that you may be the very thread of hope
that they may be clinging to

Know that despite circumstance
or inconvenience
there may be somone inside
worth caring about
they may be weary or downtroden
But their heart might still shine brightly

Do it not for yourself
but do it for them
and if your intentions are true
you may find something in time
more valuable and lasting than any earthly riches.

God bless the openhearted
the bearers of sadness
the bearers of hope

©  James T. Adair