He Knows What It's Like

This is a poem I wrote recently. I hope you can relate and are blessed by it. (By the way, please don't think my time here has been all horrible. Homesickness is something inevitable and this poem is simply showing what I've learned from it.)

 For verily He took not on Him the nature of angels; but He took on Him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted. 
-Hebrews 2:16-18, KJV

Thousands of miles away,

A country not her own,

Language, culture, all so new,

Her heart aches for her home

She’d known it would be painful,

She’d grow right from the start

But she never could’ve guessed

That it would be this hard

And the tears fall from her eyes

Cause she knows what it’s like

To be in the midst of the crowd

Yet feel you’re all alone,

To strain for the familiar

In the foreign and unknown

To feel like no one fathoms

How much you really take,

To miss someone so badly

Your heart can only ache

Yes, the tears fall from her eyes

Cause she knows what it’s like

Son of God, in a country

So different from His own,

Steeped within a world of sin

His heart aches for His home

His human nature longed for

His sleeping friends to care

But in His darkest anguish,

Our Lord had no one there

And the tears fall from His eyes

Cause He knows what it’s like

  

To be in the midst of a crowd

Yet feel you’re all alone,

To strain for the familiar

In the foreign and unknown

To feel like no one fathoms

How much you really take

To miss someone so badly

You feel your heart will break

Yes, the tears fall from His eyes,

Cause He knows what it’s like

No matter what you’re going through

The Son of Man has been there too

He offers now His strength to you

Cause He knows what it’s like,

To be in the midst of a crowd

Yet feel you’re all alone,

To strain for the familiar

In the foreign and unknown

To feel like no one fathoms

How much you really take

To miss someone so badly

You feel your heart will break

Yes, the tears fall from His eyes

Cause He knows what it’s like