A Final Wish

Bookworm · 11-03-2008, 02:20 PM

I have walked the fields of battles, seen the many tumbled stones,

I have wandered throughout the wilderness, lost and all alone.

Strode across so many beaches at the turning of the tide,

Watched as my friends and comrades went on their final ride.

Seen our naked cities revealed in dawns hard light,

Stumbled through the alleys in the darkness of the night.

I have seen the best and worst of things as my years came to pass,

Have even watched a lion cub as he played among the grass.

Now I sit and ponder all the things I've seen,

Men in hobo jungles and the crowning of a Queen.

Colts at play among the flowers and salmon in their streams,

Many times I've wandered with them if only in my dreams.

Will all this even matter when I kneel before the throne,

Will I be stripped and naked cowering there alone.

Will others stand around me and raise me to my feet,

Will they speak out for me on the judgement that I seek..

Lord, my hands are dark and bloody as I stand before your throne,

Grant me please this final wish and take this sinner home.

Dave

Thought I would put this in this forum --- if it is inappropiate to place my poems in here please delete

10 Bears · 11-03-2008, 07:36 PM

I like it Dave, and I think our preacher will too.

OLDBULLET · 11-04-2008, 01:09 AM

BOOKWORM
I LIKED IT TOO. THANKS JERRY

Preacher · 11-04-2008, 04:22 AM

It's appropriate.

DorGunR · 11-05-2008, 11:58 AM

5knives · 11-06-2008, 02:42 PM

As DorGunR said!

Regards,

Rew · 11-20-2008, 02:38 AM

What

said. I can write fiction, can write non-fiction, but pottery, I don't hold a candle.

11-03-2008, 02:20 PM	#1
Bookworm Official DDB Poet Laureat Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,482	A Final Wish I have walked the fields of battles, seen the many tumbled stones, I have wandered throughout the wilderness, lost and all alone. Strode across so many beaches at the turning of the tide, Watched as my friends and comrades went on their final ride. Seen our naked cities revealed in dawns hard light, Stumbled through the alleys in the darkness of the night. I have seen the best and worst of things as my years came to pass, Have even watched a lion cub as he played among the grass. Now I sit and ponder all the things I've seen, Men in hobo jungles and the crowning of a Queen. Colts at play among the flowers and salmon in their streams, Many times I've wandered with them if only in my dreams. Will all this even matter when I kneel before the throne, Will I be stripped and naked cowering there alone. Will others stand around me and raise me to my feet, Will they speak out for me on the judgement that I seek.. Lord, my hands are dark and bloody as I stand before your throne, Grant me please this final wish and take this sinner home. Dave Thought I would put this in this forum --- if it is inappropiate to place my poems in here please delete

11-04-2008, 04:22 AM	#4
Preacher Chaplain/Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 11,321	It's appropriate. __________________ You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. Ronald Reagan - 1964 ------------------------------------- Bunker Member #4.

11-03-2008, 07:36 PM	#2
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	I like it Dave, and I think our preacher will too.

11-04-2008, 01:09 AM	#3
OLDBULLET Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: p.r. il, Posts: 21	BOOKWORM I LIKED IT TOO. THANKS JERRY

11-05-2008, 11:58 AM	#5
DorGunR Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 30,905

11-06-2008, 02:42 PM	#6
5knives KaBoom Kontrol Modulator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado, Western Slope Posts: 16,229	As DorGunR said! Regards,

11-20-2008, 02:38 AM	#7
Rew Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 9,710	What said. I can write fiction, can write non-fiction, but pottery, I don't hold a candle.