I am a bag
lady

I have
collected bags

all my life…

as long as I
can remember

Some big

some small

some stylish

some plain

These bags –

I collect

even…

hoard

some might
say.

These bags –

hold

all kinds of
different

emotions

stories

hurts

loves.

Lately
though –

I have
realized

these bags

all weigh
different

 ~love is light and airy

I can sling
it over my shoulder and take it with me wherever I go –

no matter
how long the journey.

Joy is the
same –

I can stuff
my bag full of joy

and never
feel

its weight

on my shoulder.

On the other
hand:

anger

shame

hate

can weigh me
down…

do weigh me down

even if I am
only carrying

a single

lonely

pebble in my
bag.

This tiny
pebble

weighs a ton

like
carrying bricks

bending me

side to side

and hurting
my body

my heart

my soul…

little

by

little

tweaking my
back

here and
there.

I have
decided though

I surely
don’t need

all these
bags

weighing me
down.

 

I am getting
rid of the bags

especially the
tiny bags

the tiny
bags

that carry

only the
pebbles

the pebbles

that weigh
me down

 

I have
decided

I only need
one bag

One bag

to carry God

with me

all day

everyday

in that bag

I will find

all the

Love

Joy

Grace

Laughter

Hope

I can
imagine

and

that

will be my
only bag

I carry

from now on

My bag for

God 

 

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