No Time for Me

by Michael D Nalley   May 4, 2008


I would have loved to help you
But you never had the time
You were usually in prison
It seems to me an awful crime

If you were not with another
You would go home to your mother;
Or you would stay with a friend
That had a helping hand to lend.

I wonder if you could have missed me
When like Judas Iscariot you kissed me
If I were you I would not run from Him
The One that could fill your cup to the brim

Will He know you, or will He say depart?
I have no need for another broken heart
Or will he say welcome with loving open arms?
Spending eternity saving you from all harms?

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  • 16 years ago

    by Bradley Peter

    This piece I didn't think flowed as well as your others, and for this reason, I didn't like it as much. Also, I couldn't feel any passion nor power behind the words. Sorry. The rhymes too, were a bit stiff, though I will say, that the best stanza, for me, was the last one, and that's the most important.

    Brad

  • 16 years ago

    by Italian Stallion

    Nice write, I liked the rhyme scheme. The flow was good as well as the structure, however; I felt it could of been better with puncuation through out.

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    I would have loved to help you
    But you never had the time
    You were usually in prison
    It seems to me an awful crime

    ^^This stanza was very well written, however; I felt it wasn't wise to start with it, perhaps go into a little depth before coming to this stanza about why the person was in prison?

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    If you were not with another
    You would go home to your mother
    Or you would stay with a friend
    That had a helping hand to lend

    ^^Again a Nice write with such easy flow. Like I mentioned above, puncuation is important, for example:

    If you were not with another,
    You would go home to your mother;
    Or you would stay with a friend
    That had a helping hand to lend.

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    I wonder if you could have missed me
    When like Judas Iscariot you kissed me
    If I were you I would not run from Him
    The One that could fill your cup to the brim

    ^^This in my opinion was a nice filler that made the flow from one stanza to the next nicely. All your stanzas are greatly constructed and with some help from puncuation they'd be great.

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    Will He know you, or will He say depart?
    I have no need for another broken heart
    Or will he say welcome with loving open arms?
    Spending eternity saving you from all harms?

    ^^I felt this was a nice way to wrap the poem up. Overall a great job.

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    Wonderful write, keep up the great work.

    Peace, Joe

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