''A Prayer For Abe"
"A PRAYER FOR ABE..."
HOLDING MY PEACH FACED LOVE BIRD,
I SHED SO MANY HOT TEARS...
ABE WAS QUICKLY COMING TO HIS LAST,
MY FAITHFUL PET, FOR MANY YEARS.
I CRIED TO GOD, AND BEGGED HIM,
TO HAVE MERCY ON MY LITTLE BIRD;
I REALLY TRIED TO KEEP MY FAITH,
FEELING SURE MY PRAYER WAS HEARD.
I KEPT THINKING OF MY TIME WITH ABE,
AND HIS SWEET PLAYFUL WAYS;
HOW HE'D SIT ON MY SHOULDER WITH PRIDE,
I'LL REMEMBER HIM, ALL MY DAYS...
YOU SEE, GOD DIDN'T GRANT MY REQUEST,
TO LET MY ABE STAY NOW;
I GUESS IN THE END, HE KNEW BEST,
KNOWING ABE SUFFERED..ALL THE WHILE.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T WANT TO LET GO,
HANGING ON TO WHAT WE HOLD DEAR;
NOT REALIZING WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM,
AND HOW MUCH "THEY" CAN BEAR.
ABE DID HAVE AN AFFLICTION,
WORSENING...AS TIME WENT BY;
HE BECAME WEAKER, LOSING HIS ZEST,
THEN CAME A TIME...HE DIDN'T EVEN FLY!
WHEN ABE LOOKED UP INTO MY FACE,
AND BREATHED HIS LAST BREATH;
I SORELY CRIED MY HEART OUT,
YET TRYING... TO ACCEPT HIS DEATH.
THINKING ABOUT IT LATER,
I KNOW THAT GOD HEARD MY PRAYER;
REALIZING HE DIDN'T SEE FIT,
TO LET MY ABE STAY HERE.
HE KNEW ABE WAS VERY TIRED,
AND HAD COME TO HIS END;
GOD KNEW I'D HAVE THE MEMORIES,
OF MY VERY SPECIAL FRIEND.
THE LESSON IN THIS STORY,
I LEARNED THAT VERY DAY...
IS TO ACCEPT GOD'S WISDOM,IN
HIS ANSWER, FOR WHATEVER IT
IS, WHEN WE PRAY.
COPYRIGHT 2004 JUDITH JOHNSON KYPTA
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