God we aren't asking You to stop the storm We want strength To stride through it As if it were the norm God we aren't asking You to make things easier So everything is given To us while we sit We want brains and wit So we have the ability To work hard and earn it God we aren't asking You to smash our enemies But show us How to attain your Blessings And shower our moments With lovely memories God we aren't asking You to make the pain go away With the snap of your fingers But show how to search For the answers So the agony no longer lingers God hear the cries of our heart Our purest prayers Don't let us shriek For the same reason Make us understand That for everything there Is a time and a season I loved the song and people's thoughtful comments
I used the lyric-translate google to find out what the dickens was all that about. Now I have the feeling that SD is better off without the images and videos attachments to the poetry. The song-lyrics are so close to the poetic expressions, that they taint the latter with a non-originality shade. Like... here is a video-song about some gripe that's going on... and here is my poem about the same gripe. The song in the video is in Swahili language, but the poem is in English. This is never the good optics for a poet. Shed the attachments, and let your poetry soar/sour on its own. @Mistt Tagging you to let you know that it is perfectly OK to review a poet/poetry to tell exactly where the problem is. Anyone who posts on any forum thrive on meaningful, and committed feedbacks....whether it be deceptively positive or truthfully critical.
You know, I get lot of poetry inspiration all of a sudden and sometimes I struggle to find the perfect photo, video, etc. Other times, my poetry is about the particular video, i.e. a Bhajan for instance. That is a good point. My recent poems (you won't believe when and where I get the ideas), just strike my heart, I cannot find a photo to describe. Will try this. Thank you for your feedback!
