Revealing the Heart

 

Poem II

 

 

 

VALIANT LOVE

 

 

 

A MAN OF GOD, HE LIVED HIS FAITH

FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE.

VIBRANT, STRONG AND FULL OF LIFE;

HOW HAS THIS COME TO BE??

 

HIS MIND IS IN ANOTHER WORLD,

A CAPTIVE OF DISEASE.

HE KNOWS NOT TIME OR PLACE,

OH LORD, SHOW MERCY, PLEASE.

 

AS I DAILY PRAYED THAT HE

WOULD SEE GOD’S ANGEL NEAR,

TO COMFORT AND ASSURE HIM

THAT JESUS HOLDS HIM DEAR,

 

IT SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME

SHE’S BEEN THERE ALL ALONG.

LOVING, CARING, TOUCHING,

EVEN SINGING HIM A SONG.

 

SHE HOLDS HIS HAND AND FEEDS HIM.

SHE SAYS HE’S STILL HER MAN.

SHE HAS NOT GIVEN UP ON HIM,

BUT BEEN THERE ALL SHE CAN.

 

SHE IS THE ANGEL GOD HAS SENT!

IN LOVE SHE HOLDS HIS HANDS.

AND NOW AND THEN HE SAYS A WORD

TO SHOW HE UNDERSTANDS.

 

MY DAD WILL BE WITH GOD SOMEDAY,

OF THIS I HAVE NO FEARS.

MY MOM WILL BE HIS ANGEL

TILL IN HEAVEN HE APPEARS.

 

 

 

 

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