Buried in sorrow 
I was overtaken by my grief 
I thought I had it going 
But that was just my belief. 
 
I struggled hard to make it 
But the tougher times would get 
Then I decided to give up 
But God said, 'No you, not yet.' 
 
So I kept right on fighting 
Smiling trying to do some good 
And I truly kept praying 
It was comforting that I should. 
 
Life made me doubt 
When prayer gave me hope 
Then I was delivered 
When God decided I could cope. 
 
When I looked around me 
All my troubles were the same 
I had been spititually challenged 
I'd only been wrestling in my brain.
Cecelia Weir
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/brightened-sorrow/