Please Come Home

I STOOD BESIDE HIM YESTERDAY
AND I HEARD OUR FATHER SAY,
HOW HE LONGS TO HAVE HIS CHILDREN
ALL COME HOME

WITH A TEARDROP IN HIS EYE
THAT EVEN MADE THE ANGLES CRY,
HE TURNED TO ME, AND SAID,
"IT WON'T BE LONG."

SO I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND
FOR THEY ARE NUMBERED AS THE SAND,
AND THEY'VE KNOWN RIGHT FROM THE START
THIS TIME WOULD COME.

SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME MY SON
AND GO AND TELL THEM EVERYONE,
IF THEY LISTEN THEY WILL HEAR ME
WHEN I CALL.

AND IF THEY DO AND CHANGE THEIR WAY
I WILL SAVE THEM ON THAT DAY,
WHEN I CHOOSE TO CALL MY CHILDREN
PLEASE COME HOME.

RICHARD A PALMER