" The Gift "

So many doctors
They come and they go
Each with their own agenda
They're like an old rivers endless flow
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The prodding and poking
The tests that never seemed to end
Often left me exhausted
And so short of wind
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They said I needed a transplant
Or I might die in this bed that I lay
They told me to try and hang in there
A donor organ might be found any day
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But for me to survive
And to have a new start
That means that some one has died
And that breaks my heart
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Then in my darkest of day
When prayer seemed the only sound
We we're given the news
A donor was found
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I finally had the operation
Beginning my long journey back
I probably would have given up
Luckily no one gave me any slack
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Through the gift of another
I've been given a new life
Another chance to hold my family
And know the love of my wife
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To count the stars at night
To swim in the sea
To watch the sunrise in the morning
To bounce my grand kids on my knee
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In a sense I've been reborn
Through the final gift of another
So please say a prayer
For the loss of someone's sister or brother
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There are true heroes in this world
That even in death still answer the call
For its their gift of life to another
That is the greatest gift of all .
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Robert Pledger©
4/27/06