PAPA
THE DISTRICT KNEW HIM AS A CRIPPLE LAD,
THEIR DAUGHTERS THEY WOULD DESPISE
IF HE EVEN VENTURED TO EXPRESS HIS FEELINGS FOR THEM
THEY WOULD ALL TURN ASIDE.
CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF WOMEN THEY SAID,
CAN YOU PROVIDE FOR THEM
THE CHILDREN THAT WOULD COME FROM YOUR LOIN THEY SAID,
WOULD SUFFER FROM LACK THEREIN
BUT GOD LOOKED DOWN ON HIS BEAUTIFUL CREATION
SON I WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU
YOU HAVE NO FATHER OR A BROTHER BUT I WILL SURELY DO
SO HE GAVE HIM A SPECIAL SOMEONE
WHO TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF HIM
THEY BOTH CREATED A NATION BETWEEN THEM
OVER TWELVE OF THEM
HE GAVE THIS SPECIAL EVE TO PAPA
IN HIM SHE FOUND HER MATCH
SHE GAVE HER TOTAL SOUL TO HIM
AND THEN SHE DIED.
BUT DYING THEY HAD CREATED A STRONG NATION
OF OVER TWELVE FAITHFUL SOULS
THEY BOTH WRAPPED THEM IN THE LOVE THEY HAD FOR EACH OTHER
AND SPREAD THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
SOME ARE DOCTORS, TEACHERS, PREACHERS
SOME ARE ARTHESIANS TOO
SOME EVEN CONQUER THE HEAVENS BY PARACHUTING
WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO REMAIN FAITHFUL AND TRUE
NOW, HE SPENDS HIS DAYS WITH HIS SAVIOUR
SECURING THE TEMPLE OF GOD
BY TAKING CARE OF HIS SANTUARY, THE POOR, THE SICK, THE LONELY AND THE SAD
HE HAS BECOME A DEDICATED SERVANT OF GOD
HIS WILL TO OBEY
HIS CHILDREN RISE UP AND CALL HIM BLESSED
HE IS AT HIS BEST WHEN THEY MEET TO TAKE ABOUT GOD
HIS FRIENDS AND FOES ALSO RESPECT HIM
BECAUSE HE HAS BECOME A TRUE FRIEND OF GOD.
HE PROVIDED HIM WITH A STICK IN HIS YOUTH
TO TAKE HIM ALL OVER THE LAND
NOW HE TRANSPFORMED THIS VERY STICK INTO A ROD
WHICH LEADS THE NATION TO THE PROMISED LAND
LIKE MOSES WHEN HE WAS YOUNG
HE WAS TRAINED IN A FOREIGN LAND
JUST AS HOW GOD HAD TRANSFORMED HIS STICK TO A ROD
HE LEAD A MIGHTY NATION
WHAT IS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND?
SOME HAVE THEIR ART, SOME THEIR VOICES,
SOME ONLY THEIR LOVING AND CARING WAYS,
NOW! YOU MUST LEAD OTHERS TO THE PROMISED LAND.
THANK YOU GOD FOR CHOSING PAPA AS THE MIGHTY LEADER
HE HAS BECOME THE SPECIAL VESSEL UNTO YOU
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING HIM TO BELIEVE IN YOU
SO HE CAN FIND A FREE AND TRUE SALVATION
~ Marilyn Lindo