Another Poem / Marilyn Smith (Mother)
AS I LIE IN BED TONIGHT,DEAR LORD,
I HOPE YOU HEAR THESE PRAYERS OF MINE.
FOR I'VE ASKED FOR YOUR HELP SO MUCH,
AND FELT FORSAKEN EVERY TIME.
I ASKED YOU FOR THE STRENGTH
TO HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH EACH DAY...
I ASKED YOU TO KINDLY GUIDE ME
AS I TREAD UPON MY WAY.
I ASKED YOU FOR YOUR MERCY
FOR CALLING MY CHILD BACK HOME WITH YOU...
NONE OF THESE THINGS I'VE ASKED FOR
IS MORE THAN YOU CAN DO.
FOR I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING,
YOU ONCE MADE THE BLIND TO SEE.
SO WILL YOU, DEAR LORD,
PLEASE DO THESE THINGS FOR ME?
I NEVER MEANT TO EVER TAKE
A SINGLE DAY YOU GAVE FOR GRANTED,
THE SEED YOU SOWED INSIDE OF ME
IS NOW FOREVER PLANTED.
FOR YOU SENT TO ME AN ANGEL,
PLANTED ON THIS EARTH TO BLOOM WITH YOU.
I THANK YOU, LORD FOR ALLOWING ME
TO SOMEHOW MAKE IT THROUGH.
ALL THE TIMES I THOUGHT YOU HAD FORSAKEN ME,
YOU WERE REALLY WITH ME ALL THE TIME...
IT WAS ME WHO SLIPPED AWAY
FROM YOU SEEKING PEACE OF MIND.
NOW I KNOW THAT NOTHING HAS,
OR NOR WILL IT EVER BE,
POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE
FOR I NEED YOU HEREWITH ME.
I THANK YOU LORD ONCE AGAIN FOR A LOVE
LIKE NO OTHER...
YOU SENT TO ME AN ANGEL
AND PROUDLY CALLED ME HIS MOTHER!
"WRITTEN BY DAWN ELMORE"
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