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This poem was sent to me by a net friend and where better to put it than here?

Every night I lie in bed
This little prayer inside my head.
God bless mum and dad and the children too,
And God there's just one more thing I wish you would do--
If you don't mind my asking, just bless my 'puter, too?
Now I know that it's not normal to bless a small machine
But listen just a second and I'll try to explain.
You see, that little metal box holds more than odds and ends:
Inside those small components rests a hundred loving friends.

Some it's true I've never seen and most I've never met.
We've never shaken hands or ever truly hugged, and yet,
I know for sure they love me by the kindnesses they give
And this little scrap of metal is how I get to where they live.
By faith is how I know them much the same as I know You.
A share of life brings them close to me so if it's OK with You . .
Just take an extra minute from Your duties up above
To bless this little hunk of steel that's filled with so much love.


This is one I read and couldn't get out of my head...

Lift your weary head, my child
And fly away with me
To a place of which you've dreamed before
But never thought you'd see
Where the past is all forgiven
And innocence is free.

Lift your head, my child
And fly away with me
You've grown so old so quickly
Living only for today
Virginity, serenity
You've lost along the way
But forgotten childhood treasures
And sweet abandoned dreams
Wait in joy for you;
Come fly away with me

All the time you've wasted
On yourself has tied you down
But my love has cut those ropes
To set you free
The bitter tears you've tasted
Will be diamonds in your crown
So rejoice my child
And fly away with me.

I know that you don't understand
How life begins again
But trust me now
Don't be afraid
I've paid for all your sin.
The life that I've poured out for you
Has restored your purity
Lift your head, my child
And fly away with me.


(from "Growing Pains" by Jamie Owens.)

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Not a poem, really a song but the words speak to me, maybe they will to you.
Go back and think a bit more...