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For Those Who are Facing Hardship

A Poem of Realization

Arline Tarazona
Oct 24, 2016
Drew University
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I want to feel this way

I don’t want to

I need to

Even if my circumstances are making me tired

You know

I am not perfect

I don’t know how to makes things right

But I will try my best

I don’t want to feel like I’m failing

But I kind of need to

I need to remind myself that I am not perfect

I need to remind myself that I can’t do everything on my own

It’s impossible to do everything on your own

Isn’t it?

Even those over-achievers you see everywhere need coffee to function

And how about food?

Who makes the food that you eat?

Cafeteria workers, friends, and my grandma

What happens when there’s famine?

What do you do then?

What do you do when you’re hungry and you can’t find food?

Who do you go to?

Where do you go to?

Sometimes I get so lost that I take fifteen minutes to breathe

I have air, at least

I have free-will

Those things are there for me to function as an individual

Sure, sometimes you are limited

Right? When you’re in the water, you have to hold your breath

Sometimes I’m injured, and I can’t move one of my body parts

I’m technically broken

I am not put together

Oh, but I know you are constant

I ask and I receive

Because of Your love and grace

I am not perfect.

You send me reminders everyday

Not to hurt me

But to draw me closer to You

To bring me to a place of everlasting life and peace

John 16:33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

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