A Child I Never Knew |
By Joseph H. Simertz |
In loving memory of Sean Patrick Lehn, July 30, 2003 – December 8, 2003 |
A Child I never knew
Taught me a lesson true The brother of my daughter and son Told me the angry heart must be done A Child I never knew Home to heaven he flew On wings of eagles he soared Leaving behind those adored This child who I never knew left me asking, Told me something with his passing “Have you done all you can Bitter hard-hearted old man?” “There are those left behind me who matter” This child said to me, as people gathered “Are you right with the children of the Lord?” “HE is watching, what is in your heart stored?” This child I never saw living Taught me much about forgiveness and giving Much like our Savior he’s with today “Let me know you by your love,” we say A child I never knew Cut through my heart’s self-inflicted blues Of built up petty jealousies Court decisions and self-centered melodies A child I never met Told me to lay down sin’s debt Ease the sorrows and burdens, the pain and grief With the simple Christian belief Salvation waits beyond, on those golden streets “There we’ll get to finally meet” This child I never knew To be with The Father he flew |