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  >> Static Item >> Poetry >> Emotional >> ID #1791699  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
"Long Suffering Days"
There in faith the new cross stands upon the hill
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                                                There in faith the new cross stands upon the hill

                                                    the village preacher’s modest mission rose,

                                                      his name was known to many a soldier

                                                          remote from towns to hide away,

                                                              seeing the bombs blasting

                                                                ruined memories there

                                                                    relieved their pain.

                                                              There with sorrows on earth

                                                          past life is but a journey until death,

                                                      then faith the gateway your final destiny

                                                    without tears for me trembling alone to rise,

                                                  in self control with meekness and faithfulness

                                                      beside dad's bed his parting life was laid.

                                                              Eternal sunshine on his head

                                                                  a white pillow in heaven,

                                                                      the angels singing

                                                                      one day at a time

                                                                    sweet songs of praise,

                                                                  allured to a brighter world

                                                              no more sorrows guilt and pain.

                                                          Despair and anguish fled from his soul

                                                      my last faltering accents whimpered praise,

                                                        a candle by night, bright sunshine by day

                                                        the white-washed walls where I was born.

                                                            Mom’s broken teacup there for show

                                                                  with flowers on the mantle,

                                                                      Dad in a photograph

                                                                        hugging me tight,

                                                                    proud to fight for liberty.

                                                                What fore to leave us all alone

                                                          standing on the hill with a gun salute,

                                                        the fading memory saved by the preacher

                                                    praying in meekness for our long suffering days -







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