ABOUT THE AUTHOR             C.L. Bruun won the Editor's Award from the International Society of Poets for this poem.  She attained the distinction of becoming a Distinguished member of this poetry society at their invitation.  In another life, she held the office of past Vice President of the Idaho Falls, Idaho Chapter of the Idaho Writer's League. One of Ms Bruun's essays was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in one of their college level English Readers.  She has self published a children's book about a Bigfoot, "Muddley", who has created a smelly problem for his forest friends.  The book is for sale on this website.   

Until God Grants My Dreams

by C.L. Bruun

Until God grants my dreams I'll just have to live my life

And play the hand that's dealt alone though I face the strife.

I will hold my head up graciously, turn my cheek and dare not cry.

For the tears will only sting. Only I will know the lie

That my heart is cold and empty and the sunlight never shines

Into the hidden corners where my soul just wails and pines

For the love that I am missing...never yet to know the arms

Of a man who truly loves me with a heart that protects and warms.

Until I lay there breathless, filled with love that over flows

And fills my heart with esctacy--the feelings true lovers know.

Until God grants my dreams I can only live my life

And play the hand that's dealt me, but without love...It's not a life.