Nothing to Call My Own!

Johnny Yuma
My money's all gone--

I don't have anything to call my own.

My wife is the Lord's.

My family is on loan.

God told me, "Take them raise them. Do your best with them, but they are My own."

That is why I have nothing to call my own.

Published by Johnny Yuma

I have been writing for 12 years and love it. I began by writing essays for college Comp classes and continued after the classes were over. I had always hated writing until then. Now I love it and write p...  View profile

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  • R.C. Johnson1/14/2010

    Well done! :)!

  • mimpi1/8/2010

    Beautiful thoughts. Blessed be.

  • AnnaB10/7/2009

    Very well written.

  • Nora9/30/2009

    Very beautiful.

  • Mrs. Heart9/4/2009

    Few words much meaning. Like it!

  • Johnny Yuma9/2/2009

    Thanks so much everyone for the wonderful comments. I never meant it as being sad. I ws/am very happy with them all being on loan. Johnny

  • Roberta Baxter8/31/2009

    Well composed with much truth in the well selected words.

  • Emylou8/31/2009

    I like that line, my family is on loan.

  • Emylou8/31/2009

    I like that line, my family is on loan.

  • Brian Schultz8/31/2009

    Great poem and it has alot of truth. I did not realize it untill I almost lost my wife a few years ago.

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