I Really Don't Deserve You

So for my Book of Mormon class this semester, we have an 11 Hour Project we are going to be working on throughout the semester. What I chose as my topic was to write a poem, story, etc., every week that related to what we read and talked about. This week we read in Alma 35-42, and this is what I came up with:


I Really Don't Deserve You
By, Anne Taylor

I’m not a perfect person.

I stumble and I trip and I fall.

I try to be good, I really do,

But sometimes I can’t do it all.

I know the difference between right and wrong

I know the choice I should make

But sometimes I choose wrong over right

And afterwards, my heart breaks

All I want to do is be perfect for You.

All I want to do is be Yours.

All I want to do is make You smile.

But these bruises of imperfection make me sore.

I’m sorry for hurting You like this.

I’m sorry for making You sad.

I’m sorry for my faults and my doubts and my fears

I’m sorry that I am so bad.

I don’t deserve You, I really don’t.

I never really did.

You suffered for me, You died for me,

All because of my sin.

You love me perfectly

With a love I can’t comprehend

You gave me an infinitely intimate Atonement

A love that has no end.

You served the justice that I should have bore

You suffered and bled and died

So that later You could show me mercy

When I pleaded and begged and cried

I don’t deserve You, I really don’t

But that’s something You just dismiss

Because You love me so much more than I know

That’s just the way it is

You were there when I celebrated

You were there when I mourned

You were there when I praised you in joy

You were there when my heart was torn

You were there when I hurt

You were there when the days were long

You were there when I was happy

You were even there when I did wrong

So I really don’t deserve You,

I never really will

But I hope You know how much I love You

I always have and I always will.