All I Have Asked, I Have Been Given

I was young, so naïve
Unaware of how we weave
Our thoughts, our talk, so much more
Slyly, it seeks only an open door
All I have asked, I have been given

Thoughts, they can be happy, also sad
Either way, yours and mine to be had
I’ve asked, then begged, yes also pleaded
But then warning signs I left unheeded
All I have asked, I have been given

I lie in bed, a life to envy
To have me tell it, it felt so empty
I prayed to Whom I did not know
But He heard and He did show
All I have asked, I have been given

He gave me my wish, took it all away
Though I regret it not, even to this day
That may sound harsh, I know it ought
But who I am today, I would be not
All I have asked, I have been given

In a bed of a different kind I lay
I pray a different prayer though on this day
I asked to have it back, ready I am
He said, “You are indeed ready my little lamb.”
All I have asked, I have been given

A lifetime to go, an open road
Choices, good; made today, the next lighten the load
He stands beside me each step of the way
So that tomorrow will be a better today
All I have asked, I have been given

In times past I asked for naught
Though mine to be had if only sought
There is nothing too big, nor even too small
To ask of the One who created it all
All I have asked, I have been given

He created both you and I, a tiny droplet
Though many are the plans He had from the outset
A droplet, yes, in a vast, endless ocean
And ready is He to give, if you only have the notion
All that you ask, you will be given

Original Poetry by J. E., circa 03.2016