A Gift

I am going to live 

until 

I die 

so

from now let me say

my goodbyes. 

I gave everything 

I could spare 

and

some that

I should not 

have dared. 

Not many thanks came 

my way

but

I would still do it 

again

to this very day. 

I cared. 

I loved.

I tried. 

They never cared. 

They never loved

but

they will lie

and

say they tried. 

I no longer care. 

I had it to share. 

I gave freely

what was

freely given 

to me. 

What was shared

from

Heaven's Bounty. 

It got scary. 

I got scared. 

Then I remembered

that He is there.

So they never changed me. 

Into one of them. 

Thank God I do not 

live with that shame. 

They never

made me forget

everything I ever had

was a Gift.