The Shortest Verse

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The Shortest VerseAll I remember from Sunday school,is teasing girls...breaking the golden ruleand tossing paper aeroplanesthen one day my Dad sat down with me,said, "Son, there's something you should see"and he cracked open his old King Jameswell, he knew I was just a kidso he turned to the book of John and readthe shortest versejust two little wordsI learned that wisdomdon't hafta be deepjust something we'll rememberin our restless sleepyeah, when life's at its worstI still draw strengthfrom the shortest versethough lots of stories fade with time,the Master's tears stuck in my young mindcos they came alive on that yellow pageand lots of folks hide how they feel,they keep their thoughts and pain concealedand put their poor hearts in a cagethere were times I lost fights and took some fallsbut rather than hide my pain I'd recallthe shortest versejust two little wordsI learned that wisdomdon't hafta be deepjust something we'll rememberin our restless sleepyeah, when life's at its worstI still draw strengthfrom the shortest versewhen I saw Dad in bed that dayI tried to force a smileand weeks after he passed awayI was still in denialsuch a loss was hard for me to accepttill the willow by his grave whispered "Jesus wept"yeah, the shortest versejust two little wordsI learned that wisdomdon't hafta be deepjust something we'll rememberin our restless sleepyeah, when life's at its worstI still draw strengthfrom the shortest verse(c)2004 Robert George