WHY ME?

WHY ARE YOU USING ME, LORD,

WHY DON'T YOU USE SOMEONE ELSE?

YOU NEED SOMEONE STRONGER THAN ME,

I'M TOO WEAK TO DO THIS ON MY OWN.

AS MOSES SAID,

USE HIM INSTEAD.

I'M NOT ELOQUENT ENOUGH

TO GO TO THAT MOUNTAIN TOP.

JUST LET ME STAY HERE

WHERE THE AIR IS CLEAR

AND I CAN BE ALL BY MYSELF.

WITH YOU, OF COURSE, TOO.

JUST THE TWO  OF US

WONDERING THROUGH YOUR GARDEN.

THAT'S ALL I ASK.

OK, YES I HAVE SAID WHEN I FIRST STARTED

WRITING THESE SILLY POEMS

THAT IF I COULD HELP JUST ONE PERSON,

THEN MY JOB WOULD BE DONE.

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME

THAT YOU HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT PLAN.

SO HERE I STAND.

BECAUSE I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE

THAT IF I DON'T DO WHAT YOU ASK,

YOU'LL SHIP ME OFF TO TIMBUKTU 

OR MAYBE END UP IN THE BELLY  OF A VERY LARGE FISH.

BUT LET ME REMIND YOU

HOW VERY WEAK I AM,

SO PLEASE BE MY WISDOM AND STRENGTH

AND BE THE SOLID ROCK ON WHICH I CAN STAND.

BUT, WHY ME?