I Heard God Whisper My Name
I was a baby yesterdayNursing at my mother's breast.
Soft and warm
I knew no harm.
I was a child yesterday
I ran. I played.
I laughed. I loved.
I cried.
I fell.
I got back up.
I was a young woman yesterday.
Like most young women
I fell in love.
Got married.
Had a family.
Babies at my breast.
I was middle-aged yesterday.
I had grown children.
Grandchildren, great grandchildren too,
Had come my way.
I was an old woman yesterday.
My health failing.
I am in the way.
A burden to those I raised
I was placed in a 'Care-Home,'
Left to wither and fade away.
I died today.
I heard God whisper my name.
And loneliness finally let go of my hand.
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