"A SOLDIER"S LAST TALK WITH GOD"

[This prayer was found on

the body of a 19 - year-old

soldier,killed on December 24

during the Vietnam War]

By William J Ayers

LOOK GOD,I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN TO YOU

BUT NOW I WANT TO SAY

" HOW DO YOU DO"

YOU SEE GOD,

THEY TOLD ME YOU DIDN'T EXIST.

AND LIKE A FOOL,I BELIEVED ALL OF THIS.

LAST NIGHT FROM A SHELL HOLE

I SAW YOUR SKY.

I FIGURED RIGHT THEN THEY HAD TOLD ME A LIE.

HAD I TAKEN THE TIME TO SEE THE THINGS YOU MADE

I WOULD HAVE KNOWN,

THEY WEREN'T CALLIN A SPADE A SPADE

I WONDER GOD,

IF YOU WOULD SHAKE MY HAND?

SOMEHOW I JUST FEEL YOU WILL UNDERSTAND

STRANGE I HAD COME TO THIS AWLFUL PLACE

BEFORE I HAD TIME TO SEE YOUR FACE.

WELL, I GUESS THERE ISN'T MUCH

MORE FOR A GUY LIKE ME TO SAY

BUT IM SURE GLAD GOD,I MET YOU THIS CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.

I GUESS THE DREADED HOUR WILL SOON BE HERE,

IM NOT AFRAID SINCE I KNOW YOU ARE NEAR

THE SIGNAL------------WELL GOD

I WILL HAVE TO GO,

I REALLY LIKE YOU LOTS,THIS I WANTED YOU TO KNOW

LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL BE A HORRIBLE FIGHT,

WHO KNOWS,I MAY BE AT YOUR HOUSE TONIGHT.

AND THOUGH I WASN'T WITH YOU BEFORE,

I WONDER GOD,COULD YOU PLEASE MEET ME AT THE DOOR?

LOOK,IM CRYING . . . ME? SHEDDING TEARS?

OH, HOW I WISH I'D KNOWN YOU OVER THE YEARS.

I'LL HAVE TO GO NOW GOD, . . . GOODBYE

SINCE I MET YOU,I'M NOT AFRAID TO DIE.

Our Father, which art in heaven,

Hallowèd be thy Name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done in earth

As it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,

As we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation;

But deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power,

and the glory, for ever.

Amen.

PARA DIOS EN SU MISERICORDIA Y la BONDAD; BEYOND MIRADO MIS DEFECTOS, Y ME AMO DE TODOS MODOS

FOR GOD IN HIS MERCY AND GOODNESS;LOOKED BEYOND MY FAULTS,AND LOVED ME ANYWAY

"SONGS OF PRAISE" 











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