To Bless And To Guide
Your brightness, your smile
changed my life
As your spirit
recharged my heart
With the strength of
your father and mothers’ love
Only great things
your life will impart
Listen to that voice
above all others
The one that calls
from inside
And marry your will
unto your heart
All heaven to bless
—and to guide
(Lansdale Pennsylvania: April, 2013) To My Granddaughter Parker On Her Christening
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 02, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 396 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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