FOR YOU I WILL

If sickness invades my mind 

And my memory is all but lost 

May heaven be ever so kind

To leave just one thought of you

On my mind

If my ship was lost at sea

And the rugged waves 

Becomes my bed

Knowing the love you have for me 

Will encourage my heart 

And cradle my head 

If I had one last word before death  

With my very last breath 

I'll whisper your name 

For you have been my strength 

My sanity,  my hearts domain 

If hell reaches out for thee

My soul I will surrender in your place 

I would rather your experience of eternity 

Be with the holy angles 

While I endure hell's wrath and it's ugly face 

For you I will. 

By

Wilford Barker