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Poetry by Anna Copeland

Betrayed 
   
I was a little girl
No higher than your knee
My father did the unforgiving
He betrayed me

As a child I should be able
to trust in the man
The one that's there to protect me
and help in ways he can

The depth of the hurt behind it
is more than I can take
hiding it all inside me
a choice I can't help make

Blocking my pain within me
is a way for me to survive
Thinking back how old I was
I can't believe I was five

What gave him the right to do that
I'll never understand
It's time for me to let it go
I'll put it in Gods Hands 

Anna Copeland, Copyright ©2000

Message from Above

Awaken from a long nights sleep
my whole life trapped in slumber,
I lived in darkness wasn't aware
of all that I was under.

Then one day I felt this change
consumed my body and soul,
the difference was like night and day
and now I feel I'm whole.

And in this plan there came a time
when God had spoke to me,
he took my burdens from my heart
and now my soul is free.

A key he gave to unlock my past
and throw my pain away,
and now my heart is finally full,
love has room to stay.

God speaks to me once again,
There's something I must do.
He wants me to work for him,
to reach my hand out too,

Work with children and teach them,
They have power to be strong.
To keep them safe from all that harms,
And know what's right and wrong.

When someone hurts them,
They must tell someone they know,
to never keep bad secrets,
it will surely hurt them so.

If I could help save one child
from so much hurt and pain,
My life would be a fuller one
not lived at all in vain.

Anna Copeland, Copyright ©2000