THEY NEED US NOW
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I see them in the nursing home<br>
As they try to keep their pride.<br>
They ask me if I'll take them home,<br>
Because they need a ride.<br><br>
Then tears well up within their eyes,<br>
And their hands hold tight to mine.<br>
"Soon," I whisper, "you'll be home<br>
And all things will be fine."<br><br>
I sing a song of yesterday.<br>
For a minute they recall.<br>
Then the blank looks back again.<br>
It's as though they've lost it all.<br><br>
They were teachers, bankers, mothers.<br>
They were fathers big and strong,<br>
And now their fragile bodies<br>
Don't know where they belong.<br><br>
I call their name. They don't look up.<br>
I hug their thin small frames.<br>
They lean on me for just awhile.<br>
They don't even know their names.<br><br>
I leave them with an aching heart.<br>
Knowing someday I will be<br>
Among the very many<br>
Who have drifted off to sea.<br><br>
The billows roll, the thunder roars.<br>
Somehow the ship steers straight.<br>
For at the helm our Master stands,<br>
Taking us to Heaven's Gate.
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