~~ A Forgotten Old Man ~~
I CAME UPON A MAN ONE DAY
WHILE STROLLING,ALONG THE ROAD
HIS FACE,LOOKED TIRED,FULL OF LINES
LIKE HE CARRIED A HEAVY LOAD........
I PAUSED FOR A MOMENT TO SAY HELLO
I NOTICED A TEAR IN HIS EYE.
I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS PROBLEM WAS
AND HE LOOKED AT ME SURPRIZED.......
WHY ARE YOU ASKING? CAME HIS REPLY
PLEASE DONT PRETEND YOU CARE,
I AM JUST A BEGGAR WHO LIVE ON STREETS
AND I DRIFT FROM HERE TO THERE.........
HE HUNG HIS HEAD AND SADLY SPOKE
I USE TO HAVE IT ALL.
BUT NOW I AM LEFT WITH NOTHING
BUT HEARTACHES FROM THE FALL.........
YOU SEE MY DEAR,I SOLD MY SOUL
AND NOW I AM LEFT ALONE,
THIS CARDBOARD BOX BESIDE ME
HAS NOW BECOME MY HOME...........
DONT LOOK SO SAD AND PITY ME
I HAD IT ALL ONE TIME,
BUT GREED TOOK OVER,I WANTED MORE
AND NOW ITS ALL BEHIND............
I SHOOK MY HEAD AND STROLLED ALONG
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT HIS LOST
MY MIND WENT BACK TO ANOTHER MAN
WHO HAD DIED UPON THE CROSS.........
I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK
TO TELL THIS SAD OLD MAN
I KNEW SOMEONE WHO CARED ENOUGH
AND HE WOULD UNDERSTAND........
HE LISTEN AS I TOLD HIM THE STORY
OF JESUS AND THE CROSS
HIS HEART BEGAN TO SOFTEN NOW
FROM THE EMPTY YEARS HE LOST........
WE BOUGHT OUR HEADS TOGETHER THERE
AND I TOOK HIS FRAIL HAND IN MINE
I KNEW AT LAST HE WAS NOT ALONE
FOR MY JESUS HE DID FIND........
AS I SAID FAREWELL I NOTICED HIM
HIS FACE HAD A RADIENT GLOW
THANK YOU DEAR,FOR TAKING THE TIME
FOR A MAN SO WEARY AND OLD.......
AS I STROLLED ALONG THE ROAD AGAIN
I LOOKED UP IN THE SKY,
THANK YOU LORD ,I SAID ALOUD.
FOR SENDING ME THIS GUY...........
WRITTEN BY ANN HART FEB 2ND 2003
COPYRIGHTED,GOD HAS NO FAVORITES
RICH OR POOR,HE DIED FOR US ALL..
~THE SIG BOX 3~
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