Saturday, May 12, 2007

Lord Please Have Mercy


Lord, please have mercy!
Please have mercy on my sou
l.
Can't you see my eyes are dimming,
and my body's gettin' old?

Time has taken all my youth away,
I trembles when I walk,
and I often get so tired
merely walking down the block!

So I sit here by my window,
saying silent prayers to you:

"Tell me Father, God of mercy;
What's an old man s'posed to do?"

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very much like a blues song. In fact I sung the words out loud. And being 2 weeks short of 40 I agree with the sentiment. "What's an old man s'posed to do?"

Unknown said...

You have captured the spirit of that old man back home so well... I can almost see him and hear him as I read your lines!
Beautiful,
K

Psyche said...

If the old doesn't know, can we?