i was not home
my mother, sister and i
had gone to the store
only my father was home

how happy he must have been
to open the door and see
his first born

to give your son
up to the lord is one thing
to receive him back is another

i would not have been surprised
if my father had lived the
rest of his life on his knees
i knew how grateful he was

faith is the meaning of love
between men