NEW PATH
A poem by Melanie Heath
I still remember when I wandered,
lost and all alone
I came to a path and that is when
curiosity grabbed a hold
It dragged me down and hurt at first,
then soon became a blur
It breaks my heart now, looking back
at the things that would occur
I was blinded on this sinful road
yet just kept moving on
I met new faces and created new habits,
like drinking all night long
Time and time I told myself
“this wouldn’t happen again”
But just those words were not enough
to change my love for sin
Mistakes were made multiple times,
things I never can take back
It’s like I was hypnotized by evil,
and I felt under attack
The devil had me where he wanted
and led me further down
It was hard to breathe as I sank
and slowly began to drown
The dirty road that I was on
soon started to fall apart
I finally knew I’d had enough
when a boy had broke my heart
Abandoning all I knew, I left
to a place that I called home
A fresh new start was what I wanted
to re-create how I was known
When I got home, I had decided
to start going back to church
And right away, God spoke to me
and started to heal my hurt
Many long talks with Him soon followed,
I was broken and on my knees
He offered me forgiveness and love
and I gave Him all of me
The life I had was no longer mine,
as I began to seek my Lord
The plans he had were for me to prosper
and never to bring me harm
I’m overjoyed by the great adventure
that He has called me to
Bringing glory to His Kingdom
and growing in Him too
So now I’ll travel around the world
with my bible in my hand
Knowing that I’m on the right track
when I’m following His plans
The trials that I had faced before
now make up my testimony
But each step taken from here on out
are on a new path with my King
