by Mike Hall

Please allow me more time
To complete the work, You would have me do –
Work to serve and assist those less fortunate,
Work to help others view life fresh and anew.

Please allow me more time
To learn the patience, I so desperately need
To handle and manage life’s ordeals
Without bitterness or anger and to neither concede.

Please allow me more time
To look at life’s miracles with admiration
And not view Your handiwork impassively;
May I always marvel at your divine creation.

Please allow me more time
To express my love, my devotion, my gratitude
So no one feels unloved, alone, or unappreciated
And display to all a positive and caring attitude.

Please allow me more time
To always fight the good fight,
To invest in a future that can’t be seen,
To constantly do what gives You delight.

Please allow me more time
To do all I can on this earthly dome
Until You determine my job is complete,
And it is time for me to come home.

Mike Hall has been a teacher for 43 years. He is the author of two poetry collections, Autumn’s Back Porch and Thinking Out Loud. His work is meant to encourage others in their daily walk. He and his wife, Cynthia, live in the Dallas area.