The Prodigal Daughter

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In anger and rage she struck out from home

to take to the world, to wander and roam;

believing her life to be incomplete

she stumbled upon

her source of defeat.

At first she'd met pleasure, independence, and fame,

But pleasure and happiness

are not one and the same;

So she blindly reached out to find who she was

and inevitably lost

all that she loved.

Disrobed and defeated she fell to her shins

pleading forgiveness for all of her sins:

"I never should have turned from your grace!"

As a shower of tears fell from her face.

"I ran from you not knowing the truth'

'only seeking to make the best of my youth'

'But I should have listened to the advice you gave'

'So much pain and suffering it would have saved.'

'I know I don't deserve your forgiveness'

'But with the Plumbbob above as my witness'

'I swear forever only you to serve'

'With all of my love'

'that you should have deserved."

He looked down upon her with a flash of his eye

a pain in his heart as he watched her cry;

for even as she begged for his favor

he'd already reached out a hand to save her.

With a merciful grasp he drew her near

To raze,

and slay,

all of her fears.

That day that she'd left him he'd wept and cried,

Believing her forever torn from his side;

But now, with her in his arms he confessed,

"Today, I have never been more blessed'

'For yesterday, I believed you lost, and died,'

'But now, she lives, this daughter of mine."