When My Heart Breaks For Theirs

I do not want to go to deep into the meaning of this poem, or reveal any specific names out of respect for these people. But I'm sure we've all been there; watching a person(s) from a distance as they struggle and hurt themselves repeatedly. What's worse is that there is that there is very little that can be done on my part, aside from praying for these people and listening to them when needed. But even that can be tough, particularly when you want to scream and yell about just how badly they're destroying themselves. At the same time, I also have my own life to live and cannot fully bear a burden that isn't mine to take on. The words will hopefully explain themselves. 

Watch, Hurt, Hope

She’s just seventeen and still a child in many ways

Yet needs a prayer for something bigger than she can understand

She’s put her trust in all the wrong people

Built a foundation on people and things

Tired of loving and being left over and over

She tells her friend’s that life’s not worth living

For over twenty years

They threw themselves into what was only temporary

They claimed it didn’t matter and that’s how things would be

But at the end of the day all they do is blame each other

Neither one of them is happy

He has been struggling to find his way for most of his life

Running around in circles

One minute he’s confident, the next he’s lost again

He cries out in anger and frustration

Yet doesn’t seem to understand personal responsibility

Here I stand

Looking from the outside in

My heart breaks for such pain

A kind of pain that doesn’t seem to end

I want them to know that I care

That love will always be there

Still I hesitate for a fear of being ignored due to indifference

So in this place I pray

For healing and peace

For forgiveness and mercy

For peace and starting over

That what I call home may become a place of sunshine again

Rather than a place of sadness and bitterness

A world of gray