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PRAYER FOR A NEW-BORN ANGEL
GOD PLEASE BE LENIENT HER FIRST NIGHT THERE OH THE CRIB SHE SLEPT IN WAS NEAR MY BED HER BLUE AND WHITE BLANKET WAS SO SOFT HER PILLOW HOLLOW TO FIT HER HEAD TEACH ME SHELL NOT WANT FOR SMALL ROOMS OR ME WHEN SHE HAS YOU AND HEAVENS IMMENSITY I ALWAYS LEFT THE LIGHT ON OUT IN THE HALL HOPED TO MAKE HER FEARLESS OF THE DARK AND YET SHE WAS SO SMALL ONE LITTLE LIGHT NOT IN THE ROOM IS A SCARY MATTER HARK ONO SHE SELDOM CRIED OH GOD IF YOU COULD FOR ME LIGHT A STAR FOR HER TO SEE ON HER FIRST NIGHT THERE AND IN THE MORNING WHEN SHE AWAKES I ALWAYS KISSED HER ON HER LEFT CHEEK WHERE THE DIMPLE WAS AN I WET THE BRUSH IT MADE IT EASIER TO CURL HER HAIR JUST TOMORROW MORNING GOD I PRAY WHEN SHE WAKES UP PLEASE DO THE THINGS MY WAY FOR HER
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