SHE WAS BORN IN A HOVEL - A Poem by Judy Alciatore

by Judy Alciatore

SHE WAS BORN IN A HOVEL

ONE CHRISTMAS DAY

AND HER PARENTS DECIDED

TO THROW HER AWAY

SHE 'S A BURDEN, A BOTHER.

MUCH TROUBLE TO BEAR

SO THEY LEFT HER IN A BAG

WITH NO LOVE AND NO CARE

BUT GOD IN HIS MERCY

SMILED DOWN ON THE BABE

AND SENT HIS DEAR ANGELS

'TIL SOMEONE WOULD SAVE

HER TRUE PARENTS FOUND HER

AND RAISED HER WITH LOVE

FOR THEY KNEW THAT THIS CHILD

WAS A GIFT FROM ABOVE

IF YOU ARE UNWANTED

BY THOSE WHO SHOULD CARE

REMEMBER THE SAVIOR

HE IS EVER RIGHT THERE.

FOR YOU, DID HE SUFFER

HIS DEATH, DID ABIDE.

JUST HOLD OUT YOUR HAND

HE IS THERE, AT YOUR SIDE

SO WHEN THE LORD BLESSES

AND SENDS YOU A CHILD

REMEMBER THIS POEM

AT LEAST FOR A WHILE

THANK YOU, LORD

 

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