"Too Thin"
I Thought My Husband Was Too Thin
The First Time We Went Out Together
I Did not Imagine that the reason he was thin
Was Because He Was Starving To Death
He Was Wearing A Faded Black TShirt
It Looked Like a Robe Around His Frail Body
I Didn't Realize It Was The Only Shirt He Had
And That It Wasn't Enough to keep out the cold
I thought My Husband Was Strange When He Ate
I Didn't Imagine He Was Hungry as Could Be
If Only I Had Bought that meal we first shared
He looked up at me with such loyalty and devotion
I said a Prayer and kissed him, then kissed him again
If only I had seen the reason he was so kind
Was because he had a beautiful heart
If Only I had taken him home and held him
I am so very glad that I did
If Only I had some money to buy him the world
I cry with joy when I see him happy
It really is my life's goal to care for him
and miss him dearly when he is away
If I could I'd take in someone else
and take in several and take in them all
I have a dream of opening a permanent shelter
a shelter for anyone with nowhere to go
they could watch tv all day and hang out
they wouldn't have to go anywhere
there would be food and rooms like an old hotel
if I ever get ahold of some money
I will start the shelter my heart wants to build
If I ever get on top of this poverty
and I promise myself that someday I will
I will find the legal papers for people like me
and find places for them to work
I will start businesses if I have to
and people like me and Theodore
will have somewhere to go and to stay
I wish I could buy a little motel
or arrange a way to pay the rent for people
Every day this dream grows within me
The dream of opening a Charity someday
As I fight my own struggles with being hungry
I wonder if God hears my prayers about this
I believe If I continue praying The doors will open
I have my whole life ahead of me and this is my dream
I hope to live to a day when people have somewhere to go
I am tired of crying for the future
I Thought my husband was too thin
The first time we went out together
I didn't realize he was in deadly danger
Oh Lord, I was so wrong!
In Jesus' Name,
Amen