For My Shannon
My lovely Shannon was sent to me,
a shining star that I should see.
Set above the world so high,
How could she look me in the eye?
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Sent from the Lord that I should know,
One made for me so love will grow.
Your broken angel, undeserving,
You my Lord, we’ll keep on serving.
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How could she love one such as me?
Yet may it last through all eternity.
I promise Father to love her strong,
For you my Lord are never wrong.
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I’ll love with every breath I’m given,
With all my heart and all my livin’
I’ll love her ‘till the day we go,
Through Heaven’s gate, Lord make it so.
(This poem is unpublished)