Patricia Kelley Poems

My momma told me that men tell you anything.
She said, girl. They want one thing.
And once they get it, they're off to the next new thing.
She said, girl. Don't you pay any attention to them until he gives you a ring?
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I can still hear the little bluebird calling.
He says you're falling,
It's time to pick yourself up and quit your bawling.
Oh, my pretty little bluebird's in the blue sky, I hear you calling.
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I'm a little lamb lost in the woods.
I promise I'll be good
I need someone to watch over me.
I need a man that's good,
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I would be lying if I said I never sinned before.
The truth is I was a sinner before.
I had lived a broken and battered life before.
It wasn't until I asked for forgiveness that, my broken heart, was lifted from the floor. And I found a new woman raise from that wet soaked floor from the wept tears that fell on the floor.
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I walk into a smoke-filled room with not very many empty places.
My heart begins to race.
I look for you, but no traces.
I think of all our hidden places and romances.
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Time reveals all.
Peeling all the layers back in time,
Time hides nothing back at all.
Eventually, you see it all.
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Time reveals all.
Peeling all the layers back in time,
Time hides nothing back at all.
Eventually, you see it all.
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I realize no matter, what sickness or disease comes upon me that the love of God has the power to heal me.
I realize no matter, whom turns against me, whether it's sister, brother, neighbor or friend that the love of God will always sustain me.
I realize no matter, what nonsense life throws at me, life doesn't always make sense; it can be filled with a lot of nonsense.
I realize no matter, what grief, I am forced to go through whether it's daughter, father, mother, sister, brother, or husband.
God is there to comfort me.
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When I run to His royal court, I say.
When will I be acknowledged for all the Heavenly works, I‘ve done upon this earth,
I testify to God.
This world is a taker.
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