05-13-2014, 03:54 PM
A Prayer
If I am to have an angel
to watch me on my walk
then let one follow me around
but do not let him talk –
that’s way too schizophrenic!
I confess I’d like to know
somebody obsessive
concerned with me alone,
to know my fleeting thoughts
and musings thoroughly,
to hang on all I do and say
and love me eternally.
Yes, send me someone silent
but devoted, that’ll do,
and when I sense his presence
he’ll remind me then of You.
Alternative with starting trochees (attempt number 2!)
Have I then an angel to
watch me on my walk?
Follow me around he may, but
do not let him talk.
(That’d be like schizophrenia!)
Actually, I’d like to know
somebody obsessive
made for me, and me alone,
hearing all my fleeting thoughts
ever so thoroughly,
hanging on all I do and say
loving me eternally.
Yes, I’ll have someone silent
yet devoted, that’ll do-
when I sense his presence
I’ll then remember You.
Alternative version with starting trochees (first attempt)
AM i/ to HAVE/ an AN/gel
WATCH me/ on my WALK?
THEN let/ one FOL/low me A/round
BUT do/ not LET/ him TALK –
THAT’S way/ too SCHIZ/oPHREN/ic!
THOUGH i/ SURE would/LIKE to /KNOW
SOMEbod/y OB/sessIVE
CONcern/ed WITH/ me AL/one,
HEARing/ ALL my/ FLEETing/ THOUGHTS
EVer/ so THOR/oughLY,
HANGing/ on ALL/ I DO/ and SAY
LOVing/ me ETer/NALly.
YES i’ll /have SOME/one SIL/ently
DEVot/ed, THAT/’ll DO,
WHEN i/ SENSE his/ PRESence
THEN i’ll/ reMEM/ber YOU.
If I am to have an angel
to watch me on my walk
then let one follow me around
but do not let him talk –
that’s way too schizophrenic!
I confess I’d like to know
somebody obsessive
concerned with me alone,
to know my fleeting thoughts
and musings thoroughly,
to hang on all I do and say
and love me eternally.
Yes, send me someone silent
but devoted, that’ll do,
and when I sense his presence
he’ll remind me then of You.
Alternative with starting trochees (attempt number 2!)
Have I then an angel to
watch me on my walk?
Follow me around he may, but
do not let him talk.
(That’d be like schizophrenia!)
Actually, I’d like to know
somebody obsessive
made for me, and me alone,
hearing all my fleeting thoughts
ever so thoroughly,
hanging on all I do and say
loving me eternally.
Yes, I’ll have someone silent
yet devoted, that’ll do-
when I sense his presence
I’ll then remember You.
Alternative version with starting trochees (first attempt)
AM i/ to HAVE/ an AN/gel
WATCH me/ on my WALK?
THEN let/ one FOL/low me A/round
BUT do/ not LET/ him TALK –
THAT’S way/ too SCHIZ/oPHREN/ic!
THOUGH i/ SURE would/LIKE to /KNOW
SOMEbod/y OB/sessIVE
CONcern/ed WITH/ me AL/one,
HEARing/ ALL my/ FLEETing/ THOUGHTS
EVer/ so THOR/oughLY,
HANGing/ on ALL/ I DO/ and SAY
LOVing/ me ETer/NALly.
YES i’ll /have SOME/one SIL/ently
DEVot/ed, THAT/’ll DO,
WHEN i/ SENSE his/ PRESence
THEN i’ll/ reMEM/ber YOU.