Only I Can Lift It

ONLY I CAN LIFT IT

- by Joseph Bishara

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I sought to fix my broken patient 

with my best intentions.

Oh that his soul could speak:

Mock my burden lying here.

Sneer at how far I've drifted.

But this weight is mine to bear.

Only I can lift it.

You can't help, and I can't share.

No matter how you're gifted.

The struggle's put into my care.

Only I can lift it.

Though I fall and gnash and swear,

With broken bones afflicted.

Stand aside and say a prayer.

Only I can lift it.

You've tried before, and failed for sure,

The bundle's unaffected.

But watch as I, lift it high.

Only I can lift it.

So mock this life I've picked up here.

Sneer and say you've lived it.

But know this life is mine to bear.

Only I can live it.

+JB

My Child

(a poem for each)

When sunset shimmers dimly in these old eyes,
In the twilight of my time upon this earth,
I'll at once get images quickly from these old files,
And in the highlights of my life will be your birth.

by Joseph Bishara

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