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FROM ONE HOSPITAL WINDOW TO ANOTHER Grace Setzer Martin~~~~~~Dec. 26, 1976 |
LOOKING ACROSS THE COURT FROM ONE HOSPITAL WINDOW INTO ANOTHER ONE~~ A NURSE HOLDS A TINY INFANTS, I SEE HIS WEE HEAD DODDLE, WAVEING A CHUBBY HAND~LIKELY IN DEFIANCE OR DEFENSE~~OR MAYBE DEMAND |
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NO WAY TO HEAR HIS CRY TO SEE IF HE'S PRETTY OR TO FEEL IF HE'S DRY |
BUT I SEE THE NURSE WHO HOLDS HIM CUDDLE HIM AFTER HIS BURP. SHE SNUGGLES HER HEAD DOWN NEAR SO HE MAY ABSORB HER LOVE FOR HIM ALONG WITH HIS LAST LUCIOUS SLURP. PERHAPS SHE STROKES HIS CHEEK OR ADORES HIS TINY NOSE. OF ONE THING I AM SURE: BEFORE SHE LEAVES HIM, SHE'LL KISS HIS PINKY TOES. |
'TIS THE DAY AFTER A CHRISTMAS AND I FEEL IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD. I PRAY, "OH GOD , PROTECT HIM'' OR IF~~IT'S A TINY GIRL. BLESS THAT BABY , DEAR LORD, HE'S ENTERED A LIFE OF SUCH WHIRL. |
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"BUT YOUR ARM IS NOT SHORTENED, DEAR LORD, YOUR MIGHT STILL IS SO GREAT. BLESS THAT LITTLE BABY , DEAR LORD, COMFORT EVEN A TUMMY ACHE. |
"BLESS HIS PARENTS, LORD, YOU'VE GIVEN THEM SO MUCH OF YOUR LOVE AND BLESS THE NURSE NOW HOLDING HIM.'' WATCHING AS SNOW FALLS FROM ABOVE, I ASK , "HELP HER HOME SAFELY TONIGHT; LET HER FEEL YOUR LOVE BUT ABOVE ALL OTHER REQUESTS I BRING THIS ONE TO THEE: |
GUIDE THAT BABY'S LIFE, DEAR LORD~~ PLEASE HONOR THIS SIMPLE PRAYER FOR I'D LOVE TO CUDDLE THAT TINY ONE AND KISS HIS DOWNY HAIR. |
'TIS THE COMING OF YOUR DEAR ,DEAR DEAR BABY, GOD, THAT BROUGHT ALL THIS LOVE TO ME. HE FILLED MY LIFE WITH SUCH JOY, MAKES MY HEART SO FULL AND FREE~~ THAT TONIGHT I PRAY FOR AN UNKNOWN CHILD; PLEASE, GOD, LET HIM LIVE TO KNOW THEE.'' WATCHING HIM ACROSS A HOSPITAL COURT I ASK, "LET HIS LIFE BE PURE OF GOOD~~MAY HE NEVER MAKE SPORT." |
I ASK,''IN YOUR PLANS FOR HIS FUTURE MAY HE KNOW YOU AS HIS GOD FOR THEN HE'LL WALK LIFE'S PATH LIGHTLY; NO BURDEN WILL CAUSE HIM ~~PLOD |
SOME DAY IN ETERNITY WILL YOU TELL HIM, PLEASE ~~~FOR ME ON THIS DAY AFTER A CHRISTMAS I PRAYED FOR HIM, MY PETITION ARISING TO THEE !" |
A BYE LINE FROM MRS MARTIN. WHEN I JOTTED DOWN THE ABOVE POEM,I KNEW THAT I MIGHT SOON STOP ENJOYING NEW BABIES, EVENINGS, SUNSETS, OR LIFE ITSELF. BUT HIS LOVE AND MAJESTY WAS SO VIVIDLY WITH ME, I SIMPLY FLOATED ON THAT AND WAS HAPPY . THIS TINY BABY WAS EVIDENCE OF " HIS CONTINUING LORDSHIP'' OVER LIFE. |
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THANK YOU FOR COMING BYE . I SURE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS POEM AS I HAVE . I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW THE LORD AS MRS MARTIN DID JESUS IS LORD OF OUR LIFE AND I HOPE OF YOURS. JIMMY |
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