I Cried Poem by Dr. Lalita Smith

</>I've walked alongside so many of you,
doing some of the same things you do.
Yet my aim was totally beyond your sight;
I was striving to be holy, working at living right.

I had not yet mastered many earthly things,
but heaven's eternity was my one fervent dream.
So in private I wept, I prayed, and I cried
longing to be forever at the Master's side.

So the things you never saw done in secret by me,
were seeds being planted towards this manifested destiny.
Now this place of greatness I have been granted to share
came about as I embraced God's promises, love, and care.

You see faithfulness 'behind the scenes' means an awful lot.
So now my light can shine forth from this higher hilltop.
And to everyonne of you, I once stood beside
You'll hear my testimony now and know the tears I've cried -
just for you - and many for my own sins too,
I prayed for you - and many days and nights I cried.

When you didn't know what you were doing to me,
I prayed for you deep down on the inside.

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(Written in 2004, Goodlettsville, TN while working in Dillards.)