I can't change anything
Not a simple thing
Not the sun, nor the rain
The want for my heart to sing
I can't change what went wrong
Nor can I make it right
No matter how much I wish it would go
It is there when I lay at night
I can't change who I am
What I am today
My honesty has caused but pain
My heart has broken along the way
I can't change my wealth
Or all things great and small
Yet I can support others
To hear them when they call
I can't change anything
And OH... this gives me pain
I have to accept all is done
There is nothing... nothing to gain
I can't change anything
Not a simple thing
I must see light in each new day
For where there is hope there is a way
Life's trials may seem so trivial
Breaking Eggs
Shattering windows
Watching teardrops fall
Yet there is a reason for each day
A reason for us ALL
Copyright Reserved May 2014
LYN PAUL
not a simple thing surely, but let it start with me, the change I want to see in the world. lovely write Lyn.
Lyn, this is beautiful. I would have said I can't change anything Not a single thing... but we all have different manners of speech. As a former English teacher, however, I have to tell you that you should use LIE instead of LAY in line eight.. LIE is an intransitive verb; it needs no direct object. Lay is transitive; it needs a direct object. What is confusing is that the past tense of LIE is LAY and the past tense of LAY is LAID. Today I will lie in bed all day. Yesterday I lay in bed all day. Today the hen lays an egg. Yesterday the hen laid an egg. Excellent work. Keep it up.
I must see light in each new day... What a powerful and positive perspective! Well done my friend.
Where there is hope there is life Where there is life there is love. Where there is love there is poetry telling us that All is not in vain. Beautiful message, Beautiful, poem
So heartfelt Lyn, with such honesty and such beautiful lines with a great ending! I love this excellent write!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
We can't change anything yet we strive and strive to change the impossible is how we'll survive.