THE DYING CHILD TO HIS FATHER

YOU, who have created me

Placed me upon this earth

To avail in its blessedness

Lighten the distress on my heart

YOU, who have crowned me

Do you not know that

Life is crowned with thorns

Embalmed with intimate sinners?

YOU, who called me

By a prophetic name

The hour now approaches, hear you not?

I die, I die, I die

You, my child

Being of my flesh

Embrace my calling

Come, Come, Come

Written in 1990s

MBM-Tine Brice