IT WOULD BE SOMEONE 
                              WHO I KNOW ALWAYS CARES, 
                            SOMEONE WITH WHOM I FEEL FREE 
                          MY INNER-MOST THOUGHTS TO SHARE. 

                               YES!  IT WOULD BE THE ONE 
                         WHO TALKS WITH ME AND WHO LISTENS 
                           TO ME, WHEN I AM ABOUT TO FALL; 
                        THE ONE WHO WOULD BE HERE FOR ME AND 
                              GO WITH ME THOUGH IT ALL. 

                        IT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO PRAYS FOR ME 
                             AND KNOWS OF MY STRENGTH 
                            AND MY WEAKNESS, MY FAULTS 
                            AND, YET, WOULD LOVE ME STILL. 

                           SO, IF IT WERE THAT I COULD CHOOSE 
                           THE ONE TO HELP WATCH OVER ME, 
                          DEAR ONE, WOULD YOU MY ANGEL BE? 
  

                                © by Martha Duke Manley 
                                 mdmanley@arkansas.net