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My Friend is no friend

Down on my luck again, my so called friend
Took back his truck again

Although he, didn't have need of it

He has a parking lot full of them
Yet he needed the one I was driving then

I have done more for this guy, then he deserves
But, who is counting? I guess, I am, I guess?

Sometimes I believe it's just me, and all the excuses I make
For God's sake, and my soul's place in Heaven

I go way out of my way, for my friends
And yet they pretend to be, like me
 
And yet they aren't, but, again who is counting on me?
I guess, just me

People say, I am too nice and to forgiving
That may be true but, who am I not to be?

To be me, and to be just in this way
It is just the way I am, this way I will stay
 
In spite of myself and every one else
For sure enough I'll be back on my knees again praying

For all that I lost or that was giving away to me, this day
My Friends don't realize that none of it, was mine to begin with

That it is not me that they would profit from
But, from Him, that gave to me His one and only Son

His little Lamb, this Son of Man, His begotten,Son
That is who they would, profit from

Although we don't see eye to eye, He has always
Stood by me, even when I have pushed Him away

He gave to me this only begotten son, why?
He, gave Him, to me to suffer and to die 

To me He, gave Him me, to bleed
To be crucified, and to be criticized

To bare My sins, He gave Him!
And then He, would still let me, back into their lives

To my Friend I bend down and cry, for forgiveness

You'd! Better believe It !

For my friend is no longer just my friend, He is my GOD

And His Son is my Life's only Savior

I say: praise be to my friend, the Lord Jesus Christ

I hope you will give him a chance to be your friend

A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

 

— Sinbadthesailorman, Nov 23, 2007

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Region, Country: U.S. A. Indiana, Valparaiso, USA

Favorite Poets: Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Carl Sandburg these I have read some And so Many More. I have no Favorite or any that I dislike. Whom I consider to be poets; of course there are many Dark and hateful souls, who would cry out and to I will lend an ear, but some. They just leave a awful taste in my heart that I can not bear to read twice. Let alone as many times I would do normally; as I must.

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barbsdad2003

18 years 6 months ago

Although I Am ...

not one to share your faith-based sentiments (I've had more than my fill of Christianity and its salespeople (enough, in fact, to last many recycled lifetimes)), you present here a finespun testimony. Your words so heartfelt, so real and reflective, do inspire. Thank you for that. Chuck
Sinbadthesailorman

Sinbadthesailorman

18 years 5 months ago

This started out to be a slam on my so called buddy that

he actually thought he did alot for me instead of to me If I was a two dollar whore I would of ended up oweing him A buck and he would of touhght he tipped me well but some how this came into being I don't know how Cause I was peaved buddy pissed when I started it Donnie/ Sinbad
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IKnowNoBox

18 years 6 months ago

With spirit first ....

and religion second. instead of visa versa'. The faiths would really attract a lot more people. The heretics will never let that happen though and they defile the spirit of the "flock"caring only for the numbers to raise their god thermometer. As to friends well they are hard to find in religion but if we search with spirit is is good to have our personal focuses.Fair weather friends and Storm damage recovery friends the any-hour-friends(becoming rarer and rarer as the economic divide grows. I read a quip the other day (paraphrase) a good friend will bail you out of jail, a true friend will be sitting next to you,saying "Damn we fucked up." In ink, Dabbler
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barbsdad2003

18 years 6 months ago

Hey, Box!

Thanx for posting your oh-so-apt comment here. Love it! Yours, Chuck
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IKnowNoBox

18 years 6 months ago

Thanks Sir Bard

now that I catch my misuse of the word heretic which soulda' read hipocrite(which is aperson against hippos or bad spelling) Friends with agendas...ever have one of those? I'de rather drink with an enemy then some "friends"at least there is a possibility for excitement and stimulating conversation. In ink, Dabid