THANK YOU, GOD

 

TURKEY, STUFFED WITH DRESSING, MASHED POTATOES WITH GRAVY RUNNING DOWN

 

CRANBERRY SAUCE AND SPICY PUMPKIN PIE BAKED LIGHT BROWN,

 

WHIPPED CREAM PILED HIGH WITH CALORIES GALORE
EVERYONE FILLING UP AND EVEN WANTING MORE,

 

FAMILY MEMBERS COMFORTABLY SEATED AROUND THE DINING TABLE
UNCLE JOHN, BROTHER DICK, SISTER SUE, ALSO AUNTIE MABEL,

 

LAUGHING, TALKING, ENJOYING ONE ANOTHER
GRATEFUL FOR THE FAMILY, HONORING DAD AND MOTHER

 

IT’S THE GOOD LIFE THAT BRINGS THIS YEARLY CELEBRATION
THANKING GOD FOR ALL HIS BLESSINGS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NATION

 

WE ARE A CONGLOMERATE PEOPLE, OUR UNITED FIFTY STATES
DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR RANKS, YET UNITY RELATES,

 

GOD CHOSE TO BLESS US WITH LIBERTY AND PEACE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WILL, ABUNDANCE TO RELEASE,

 

THANK, GOD ABOVE, FOR BLESSING OUR COUNTRY SO MUCH
THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR PROTECTION, PROVISION AND SUCH,

 

GIVE US HEARTS FULL OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE
FILL US WITH CONCERN AND A CARING ATTITUDE,

 

FOR WITHOUT YOUR BLESSING WHERE WOULD WE BE
CERTAINLY NOT A COUNTRY SO UNITED AND FREE,

 

THIS DAY SET APART, AS OUR FOREFATHERS OF OLD
EVEN THROUGH THEIR HARDSHIPS, THANKED GOD WE’RE TOLD,

 

SO LET EVERY HEART IN THIS LAND OF USA
THANK GOD, OUR SOURCE, ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY.

 

November 1995