He Backs My Play

When I get nervous, You can hear me chatter,
And I start to speak, A hundred words a minute!
I'm so surprised the first time,
Someone tells me They think I'm stressed!
Ya Think??? Well Yes!!
Walk in my shoes, You might just fade away.
But I'm still learning, ya know, to tell the committee In my head,
"Quiet down up there! Or I'll put you all to bed!"
I can joke about it now,
But the voices in my head Used to drive me wild!
And wild I ran, trying hard to outrace,
The annoying voices in my head!
One was guilt, who had no right to speak,
And one was self-loathe, quite discreet,
Some others were shame, anger& greed.
And then there were voices of people I had known,
Whose words joined the haughty spirits of my own,
To torment me and rob me of my joy.
But today I have control, well not me alone.
Cuz I know, I just have to call on Him,
And my Higher Power will back me up,
And put those pesky voices to rest!
Life is still hard, but I don't punish myself,
The way I used to punish me.
I know He loves me and has my back,
So I can tell those voices today, Everybody out of the pool!
And they gotta go now!
Cuz He loves me and backs my play!
4/30/2004