today I met a friend

today I met a friend, one that I’d known before

way back many years ago, before I went out that door

a door that was always open, a door I thought I’d closed

until I saw the light and felt a feeling God only knows

and then I finally realized, that I was not alone

and I reaccepted my old friend, into my heart that is now His home

for the answer was always there, right in front of me

all I needed was to renew my faith for all eternity

for what I had felt was proper, and what I knew was just

until I held His cross and began to feel His trust

for he did not want my money, he did not want my hand

all he asked for was my heart and I began to understand

that I was like an ant crawling up and down that hill

and the relief that I needed was Him and not a pill

for the pill’s high will come and go, and that is not the way

but He comes with His eternal love, that I found again that day

so now I’m not afraid and now I’m not alone

because I know my faith is with me, where ever I may roam

 in grateful appreciation to Father Arthur Dasher

with St Mary of the Angels, Episcopal Church, Orlando, Florida

johnny holloway

20 December 2003

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