"SOFTLY AND TENDERLY JESUS IS CALLING
CALLING FOR YOU AND FOR ME
SEE ON THE PORTALS HE'S WAITING AND WATCHING
WATCHING FOR YOU AND FOR ME"
She lay in bed under the covers facing the wall .
He sat on the bed facing away .
He sat there for eternity it seemed .
"Are you going to lay down ? Your'e sagging the bed ."
He laid down facing upward
Then she rolled over and looked at him .
For the longest time she didn't move or say anything . Then she rolled back over pulling the covers up
He just laid there , not moving , barely breathing
Fifteen , twenty , thirty minutes
Then she rolls back around and puts her arm
across his chest and snuggles up under his arm
He is surprised , doesn't know what to do
He doesn't want to break the spell
Slowly he puts his hand on her waist and feels a quiver shoot through her , but she says nothing
He breathes easier . . . softer
"COME HOME , COME HOME
YOU THAT ARE WEARY COME HOME
EARNESTLT , TENDERLY
JESUS IS CALLING
CALLING , O SINNER , COME HOME "
Softly and Tenderly by Will L. Thompsom
1880 copyright public domain