Father, Dear Father

(Prayer of a Middle-Aged Man)

By Erick Sahler

Lord

As I grow

Into an old man

Please honor this simple plea

That each day I become

A little more tolerant

Of those all ’round me

And if I should start

To harshly opine

As old men are apt to do

Remind me of

The way that I felt

When they labeled my beliefs taboo

You alone, Lord

Are the judge

Of all that is right or wrong

Let us seek

Not to condemn

But, rather to just get along

Amen

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