in depth look at poem: Originally this poem was going to be about me and how someone can depend on me but the more I wrote the more I realized that I came awful short of what I was writing. I realized that the only shoulders that can do what I was writing were Jesus' shoulders. This poem is a very inspiring one if you pay attention to what is said. I entered this poem into a poetry contest on November 8, 1997. It was selected to be published in the National Library of Poetry's upcoming anthology The Sounds of Silence and will also be on a cassette tape (with mine being 1 of 11 poems on it) with poetry on it called The Sound Of Poetry.


Jesus' shoulders

When you feel sad
and want to burst out in tears
come, cry on these shoulders

When you feel tired
from the trials of life
come, rest on these shoulders

When you feel sick
and there is no cure
come, find healing on these shoulders

When you feel thirsty
from the desert of life
come, find water on these shoulders

When you feel lonely
and seem to have no friend
come, find friendship on these shoulders

-Jonathan Johnston


© Copyright 1995 Jonathan E. Johnston


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