Some leases we hold on these bundles of love
Are for short term, but others for long.
But never at any time should we forget
To whom they all really belong.

God has in our care then allowed them to be
To nurture, to love, and to train.
To teach them of God's plan for living
Setting values for them to attain.

Life's great hourglass for us
Mortals can't pause
The sand never stops flowing through.
When the babies grow on and
Depart from the nest
We have done for them all we can do.

The time they are babies
Lasts only so long
They appear and then soon they are gone
They, too, will get presents
Of God's very own
The continuous cycle moves on.

In time all these "presents"
To God will return
Be their span of life
Short or extended
For their ultimate destiny
Lies solely with Him
It is all just as God has intended.

~Poem by Shelby Forrest~