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This isn't the place . . .
of happily ever after.
Where dreams all come true
and your life's filled with laughter.
Things don't follow your plan . . .
there are detours and stalls .
Changes, suprises and
voices that call.
This one you answer . . .
that one you don't.
Or perhaps you just took
a turn of your own.
How many tears have you shed . . .
How much time spent since your birth?
all in a struggle to make 'heaven'
from the soil of this earth?
It won't happen, I know, . . .
and as hard as you try,
your days and your years . . .
they will go flying by.
If you awaken each morning hoping
it's in heaven you live . . .
There's no way you can face
what that day has to give.
Yes, there is such a place . . .
but, it isn't here.
Where there is no sorrow
and loved ones are near.
But, for today and tomorrow
you and I must face . . .
that this is the earth,
not a 'heavely' place.
Hearts and promises are broken.
Lives are tossed to and fro.
Peace comes but in glimpses . . .
as the winds swirl and blow.
This is but a moment in time . . .
and my hope is not dimmed.
For beside me, as I travel . . .
I walk each road next to Him.
So, when you feel life is winning,
remember who's waiting there.
Even though this isn't heaven . . .
He helps us, this life to bear.
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©2000-2007 Susan Misty Taggart
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Margi Harrell.
