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He carved a headboard out of pine And shaped it til’ a bird-shaped thing Emerged. And then, he thought, ‘One could do worse Than sleep beneath an angel’s wing’ ‘Perhaps this wing will keep me safe When darkness comes, when lights are dim I’ll think of Psalms and sleep’, he said But little did he know What Heaven had in store for him Until the day his daughter came And with her daughter, rested there And then he knew a miracle Had waited patiently to come In answer to his wooden prayer
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Dec 10, 2021
Dec 10, 2021 at 4:25 PM UTC
The Wing Bed
He carved a headboard out of pine And shaped it til’ a bird-shaped thing Emerged. And then, he thought, ‘One could do worse Than sleep beneath an angel’s wing’ ‘Perhaps this wing will keep me safe When darkness comes, when lights are dim I’ll think of Psalms and sleep’, he said But little did he know What Heaven had in store for him Until the day his daughter came And with her daughter, rested there And then he knew a miracle Had waited patiently to come In answer to his wooden prayer
Heaven sent my daughter, Elizabeth.
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Dec 10, 2021
Dec 10, 2021 at 4:25 PM UTC
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