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How Could You Love Me?

Michael Davis

How could you love me,
A sinner - and oh, so vain?
How could you love me,
When I fail You again and again?
How could you love me,
When I halfheartedly love you back?
How could you love me,
When I can't even stay on track?

Yet, somehow You love me,
Enough to suffer and die.
Yet, somehow You love me,
One who fails You as much as I.
Yet, somehow You love me,
Today, tomorrow and alway.
I don't know how you can love me
Day, after day, after day.

Help me to love You,
And put aside selfishness and pride.
Help me to love You,
And strive to walk close by your side,.
Help me to love You,
To live moment by moment for you.
Help me to love you,
And by Grace to your love remain true.

© 2013 Michael S. Davis
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

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Scheme AxAxAbAb AcAcAxax DeDeDdDd x
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 679
Words 146
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 1
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Michael Davis

I am a 57 year oldbi-vocational pastor and insurance agent. I wrote my first poem (Through the Haze of Life) at age 19 during the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore year in college. I wrote another that evening in the moonlight. (A Reflecting Wave) It took me totally by surprise and I kept them to myself as I looked to see if i could find them in the library. I figured I had just remembered it from somewhere. I hadn't. I have written a couple of hundred since then. The majority of them for my wife. She has let me post a few. I have a daughter and 3 step-daughters, and 4 beautiful grandchildren (3 girls and a boy) and one on the way. There are many sources of poetic inspiration in my life. Fortunately for me, most are positive, though I have known my share heartache and there will be poems that reflect that. I look forward to the interaction with others who have discovered the joy of putting the musings of their hearts into words. more…

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