Last Prayer



Now I lay me down to rest
Lord each day I did my best
Now that I’ve died because of society
This new life is always where I wanted to be
I lost my life in my sleep, cause the violence wouldn't seize
I’m grateful to the Lord for giving me peace
At a young age I understood
All God wanted was for me to be good
Like a bird I have found my perch
And no longer do I have to search
For a world with no violence
One with happiness and at times nothing but silence Mom, no more need to cry
For the Lord, has me here by His side
I know you love me and you care
But being saved and with Jesus was my last prayer.

About this poem

How violence took a child's life, while they slept.

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Written on July 13, 1999

Submitted by dellee6 on March 02, 2023

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Scheme AABBCDEEFFGHIJJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 607
Words 131
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15

Margie D Scott- Collins

I grew up in a small country town, known as Needville Texas, where my father was a sharecropper and my mother a restaurant cook. I have 9 children ( 3 biology) and 20 grandchildren. Been married for 14 years to the same wonder man Edwin. In my spare time I enjoy playing sports with the grandchildren, writing poetry and photography more…

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