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TITLE: Part 1: If . . . / Part 2: Trust Me | Previous Challenge Entry
By Wendi Harrington
04/07/23
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Part 1:
If . . .

If you really loved me, Lord,
You would take away the snort when I laugh.
You know how it embarrasses me.
If you really loved me, Lord,
You would have made my hair dark
Like coffee, not dirty dishwater.
If you really loved me, Lord,
You would not have left my lips so thin
Or my teeth so big.
My nose is crooked, Lord,
And my eyes squint too much.
Oh, I wish they were green.
If you knew me, like the Bible
Says you knew me, before
I was even born,
Then didn’t you know, Lord,
That I wanted to look like
The girl in my English class
With dark, coffee-colored hair,
Green eyes, and a full smile?
Not buck teeth and ugly.
If you really loved me.
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Part 2:
Trust Me

My child, my child,
Why do you fret yourself so?
Did you not hear me as I
Whispered through the trees,
"I am well-pleased with thee"?
It is your adversary that vexes thee
With poisonous words of venom.
Resist! Resist! And he shall flee.
The lass with the dark hair you covet
Uses her lush lips to spew profanity.
Aspire not to have such earthly beauty
When a treasure lies in Heaven just for you.
Those steel-gray eyes you wish were green
Came from a woman who broke more
Tambourines than she could even count.
Thy crooked nose adorned Solomon’s Temple.
The poise with which your grandmother
Stood does now square your shoulders.
And your father’s grandmother before him.
Close your eyes, my sweet child.
Now, can you see me? Look again.
Do you see what I see--
The lasting legacy within you?
Do not look with eyes of flesh
To see what really matters.
My child, I do love you so.

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