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1084
Registered: 03-2004
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As a Father's Day tribute to the things I learned from my daddy when I was growing up, I wanted to share with you this poem I wrote. I'm sure my mama and daddy must have tag-teamed me from Heaven to bring me back into the Everlasting Arms, and this is just a sample of how I plan to use the gift God gave me from now on.
Blessings to all of you!
"I Remember You"
by Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
I remember you, my dearest childhood friend
My confidant, my companion, my protector to the end
I know you as well as I know my own name
I’m a lot older now, but you’re exactly the same
Yours was the hand in mine when I walked alone
The voice that calmed me at the height of the storm
The face I saw when I closed my eyes to pray
The arm around my shoulders at the end of every day
I don’t know how or when I lost hold of your hand
And wandered away to follow my own plan
Adrift in a world where so much is wrong
Searching for something I had all along
The world’s ugliness and hypocrisy turned me inside myself
Until I believed in me and mine and nothing else
I thought I was so smart, so gifted, so urbane
So certain that someday people would know my name
But something was missing from every small success
I needed to share them with the one who knew me best
I was jaded and bitter, so I had to wonder why
Those childhood songs about you would always make me cry
I’m so glad you didn’t forget me while I wandered away
I know how it must hurt you for one of us to stray
Thank you for your patience, your love and your grace
And for welcoming me back into your embrace
You were the place in my heart that nothing could fill
Calling to me from the shadow of a cross on a hill
In a voice I knew well from sweet childhood memories
Telling me in song that Yes, Jesus Loves Me
Each line on my face is a lesson I have learned
And I know you’re the prize for which I’ve always yearned
No longer do I wonder what it is that I should do
Everything I need, I find in knowing you
Blessings to all!
~Joyce Sterling Scarbrough
True Blue Forever
ISBN 0-9722385-9-X
Different Roads
ISBN 0-9722385-3-0
Authors Ink Books
http://www.authorsinkbooks.com
Read the first chapters: http://www.authorsden.com/joycelscarbrough1
Waste time on Joyce's Blog: http://joycescarbrough.blogspot.com
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Gloria Marlow
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That brought tears to my eyes, Joyce.
Beautiful and so, so true.
Gloria
Gloria
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Tom Elkins
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790
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 12:20 pm: | |
Dammit Joyce, you shouldn't make grown men cry. Especially when he's me. I had a dad until ten years ago. Unfortunately, I never said those things to him while he was alive.
Tom Elkins
NORTH of TEXAS
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