Dawn & Dusk

I hate this
This crushing pressure
To be the person
That always delivers

I cannot fail
Because if I do
Others can’t cope
Or know what to do

I have achieved so much
That if I stop
People panic
When they notice the loss

They suck my talents dry
My gifts, my generosity
But which of them
Is giving anything back to me?

And then they wonder
At why I am broken
Act confused
While they continue to plunder

But now I know
Whose responsibility it is
To care for me
So that I too can live

It is mine
And it’s my God’s
Mine to provide the space
His to nourish me with love

So that when I give
It is from an overflowing heart
Brimming with the comfort
From my everlasting God