A Letter to God - Poem
66Dear God,
Here is my heart.
I've broken it you see
I tried to fix it as best I could
but it keeps falling apart.
I shared it with my friends.
I gave them each a piece.
Everything was fine
until the pieces they held began to break.
Some of them were lost
some thrown away.
A few of the pieces remained intact
treasured by my friends.
But more still were breaking every day.
Pieces were returned to me
the carrier with tear stained eyes,
"I don't know what happened"
they would say.
I would take back the piece
knowing we would never be the same.
I tried to reconstruct my heart
using anything I could;
band-aids, gauze, tape, ribbon, glue.
Nothing held and I cried.
As I put the pieces together the cracks spread.
I didn't know what to do.
I didn't want the broken bits to break the rest.
So I'm giving it back to you God.
I'm giving you my heart.
I know you can fix it.
You are the one who created it.
I'm not asking you to make it new.
I'm merely asking you to make it whole.
The cracks will help me remember all the pain I've gone through.
The glue holding it together will make those breaks stronger
and it won't break in the same place again.
It was such a pretty heart,
you made it oh so well.
I wish I hadn't broken it,
but the breaks are part of life.
For an unbroken heart has never lived,
has never loved.
So will you protect my heart,
keep it safe for me?
And when the cracks appear, will you fix them, patch them.
I would be so grateful,
it's so hard to heal a heart that is your own.
I'll be back for it someday
when I can find the one who will care for it as you do.
I thank you God for everything you've done.
For hearing my plea, and restoring my heart.
Forever Yours,
© Chloe VanDuinen 2010
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I hope God takes good care of your heart and if it breaks some more that you will have something good becasuse of it. We all can relate to a broken heart but sometimes it is better than it was after being in for repairs. Thanks for reminding me of these things.
What a beautifully thought out letter. Fascinating idea, we talk to God. Maybe the written word will push us in the queue faster towards Him. Hmmm, how about a broken mind? Thank you for sharing.
On the same note as paperclip I figure God's gotta be hearing all of these prayers in his head, sort of like "Bruce Almighty" and being as he is God he can handle it but if you take the time to shove something in his mailbox, thought out and clearly written. It only seems fair that it would be at least a little bit easier to answer.
Anyway, I'm really glad you guys like it. I also have another poem titled "Hearts" that is very similar to this concept. If you liked this one you should read that one.
i know your heart will recover i know it..... let us all know when it is healed, so we can celebrate
Thank you for becoming my fan, so of course I had to check out your pages. As you could guess by my name which one I would look at. I understand how you have felt, and I feel the same way, with all the hurt I've been through, there is only one who can restore my heart! The one who created it:) I did enjoy reading this, thank you:)
Beautiful poem, I can feel the pain from your words and that reminds me something. However my heart pieces already fixed by GOD, it's a slow process but I'm happy now, because I can feel, I can hear, I can see what GOD has been doing for me. If we have faith in GOD, we have a stronger heart that nothing can break. GOD bless you!
I'm very happy to hear that and I'm glad you liked my poem.
we all need to write a letter to god.
Thank you for speaking to so many of us with a broken heart. You have managed to wright & say what I don't know how. thank you
princess-sisi 2 years ago
I could definetly relate to this my hearts been broken plenty of times. God restore all. I'll be back. I loved it. May god continue to heal your wounds. Always remember the lord unconditional love!