Hand Me Down Emotions (Poem)

As a child you were desperate to receive
Any emotion that someone would leave
The ones you loved with all your heart
Never gave you themselves from the start
Your little mind could never understand
Why they just ignored you when you reached out your hand
Inside your heart love is all you knew
For God placed it inside you as you grew
You began to notice a difference or two
Between the love you gave them versus what they gave you
And so your search began
For a love that's pure, and that won't offend
As the years passed by you continued your search
You even looked for love where demons lurked
But God's plan for your life was still in place
Even when you chased things in such haste
You began to cry out, from all the hurt
Then you asked God, "where's my worth"?
He began to show you in His Word
How He cares for you so much more than you've heard
He brought back to memory your childhood prayers
And how you felt his presence everywhere
Jesus came and mended that place in your heart
He filled it with love and gave a new start
No more second hand emotions, no more hand me downs
For in the crown of life is where your worth is now
Jesus says your value is so much more
Than pieces of love someone dropped on the floor
Don't settle for less, for you are a treasure
Accept God's love, for it can't be measured