Some people can change way beyond what I ever thought possible. She was one. |
-Before She Was- by Keaton Foster There she is A wilderness Within God’s Greatest creature Her endless eyes As deep as pools Her precious heart Stronger does it grow Less and less Does it control Her powerful faith Stands quite true Like a mountain Within her mind Within her soul She was once wicked Abundantly wild I don’t know her now I knew her in that time Back when she use to stand In the middle of the road Daring people To run her down Daring those unknown To end all of her pain She cared nothing of God Or his rudimentary ideals She wanted nothing to do With faith and its promises She just wanted to drink the pain away Never for a second would she dare pray Not for a moment would she convey Any idea of what could change Before she was Something differing Someone inconsistent She wanted to end her life She wanted to cease all strife She was not afraid of what was next Such an idea never crossed her heart Never wandered through her mind At that time and place Is when I knew her well Now I do not Now she is someone else A person entirely different A being living past the mends Willingly I commended her And all that she did I wish I could do the same But I know that I cannot Before she was And now she’s not… Before She Was Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014. |