HOPE DEFERRED
HAHA WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT,
A WOMAN LIKE ME GIVING LAUGHTER BIRTH
SO MANY PROMISES, 'WHAT A BEAUTY' THEY ALL SAID...
TOO BAD SHE'S BARREN
RED TEARS OF BITTERNESS
BRIGHT IDEAS SHINE DEEP REGRET
GOD KNOWS MY HOPE GREW DIM,
I SWORE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN
HE WENT ALONG WITH IT...
HAHA WHO COULD HAVE SEEN
FOR ALL THOSE YEARS I WAS SICK WITH ENVY
SCOFFING INVITATIONS,
HE SWORE I WOULD BE NATIONS
I DECLARED HE WAS MISTAKEN...
BLEAK IMPOSSIBILITY
LAST YEAR, I WAS PUSHING NINETY
YET I HAVE BORNE -
LOOK AT THIS BABY BOY
NO STRANGER SHARES MY JOY...
Genesis chapters 17-21 // Proverbs 13:12, 14:10