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Poetry On Odyssey: More Like You

How can I be more like you?

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Poetry On Odyssey: More Like You
Sierra Ardanche

This semester, I am taking a class called Psalms. In this class, we had to write a Lament Psalm. A Lament Psalm is typically a psalm that is written to God as a request for him to appear. It is a psalm the begs for him to be there during times of trouble and they can be long and sad to read.

I don't like questioning where God is. In my faith, I know that during times of trouble, God is there right beside me. However, when I originally wrote this psalm for my class, I had to develop it in a way where it made me feel like I was lost. In the original draft, I was begging Him to find me in a world filled with despair and violence.

In this draft, I decided to take a different approach. I do lament over the violence of the world, but I wanted to create something a bit more hopeful. I know that I can't change the world by myself. However, I also know that my goal in life is to live like Jesus lived. I want to be accepting, loving, caring and helpful towards the world.

The major lament in this psalm asks how can I be more like Jesus? How can I live like him in a world that seems terrifying at every turn? How can I create a better life for the future? These are the questions that I started to ask myself. I hope you enjoy!


In the midst of life there is a season of tragedy

There is a darkness that follows each moment of unfiltered light

The moments of confusion, chaos and bitterness seem to overshadow the world

In the news, people scream until they are red in the face

Over what is wrong and how the world needs to be fixed into something skewed as right

There is anger and grief and confusion that simply melt into the frustration

Where are we going? How can we be better? How do we live like You?

Where You’ve given us a garden, we have created a burial ground

When You have given us hands to hold, we have created fists

How can I become more like You?

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