Poetic Verses
For Our Son
We watched you grow into a man
and now must honor you,
because you weathered every storm
this life did put you through.
Your Mom and I are very proud
of the person you became,
though you did that all by yourself
while guarding your good name.
But those who chose to write you off
because of how you looked,
are they who saw the outward man
and thereby judged the book.
Because you did not fit the mold
you dealt with ridicule,
but always turned the other cheek
and lived the golden rule.
You must have found it pitiable
that some could be so dim,
And yet delighted just to know
that you were not like them.
But now the Lord has called you home
which plagues us with heartache,
and to think you never will return
is a grief so hard to take.
Yes, we were watching all those years
and now must honor you,
because you weathered every storm
this life did put you through.
and now must honor you,
because you weathered every storm
this life did put you through.
Your Mom and I are very proud
of the person you became,
though you did that all by yourself
while guarding your good name.
But those who chose to write you off
because of how you looked,
are they who saw the outward man
and thereby judged the book.
Because you did not fit the mold
you dealt with ridicule,
but always turned the other cheek
and lived the golden rule.
You must have found it pitiable
that some could be so dim,
And yet delighted just to know
that you were not like them.
But now the Lord has called you home
which plagues us with heartache,
and to think you never will return
is a grief so hard to take.
Yes, we were watching all those years
and now must honor you,
because you weathered every storm
this life did put you through.