Dear Papa

Dear papa,

Once you were big and I was small,

once you were strong and I was weak,

I remember crawling on the floor,

and I saw your big shoes under a dresser,

When I was a little boy and was bad,

I was afraid of you and used to hide,

because you were big and I was small,

because you were strong and I was weak,

But you told me about Jesus.

 

 Dear papa,

Then I was big and you were small,

then I was strong and you were weak,

Sometimes when my children were bad,

they were afraid of me and used to hide,

because I was big and they were small,

because I was strong and they were weak,

But I told them about Jesus.

 

Dear papa,

Once you were big and I was small,

once you were strong and I was weak,

then I was big and you were small,

then I was strong and you were weak,

I missed you at home papa,

I know you are now with Jesus.

 

Dear papa,

Once I was big and they were small,

once I was strong and they were weak,

Now they are big and I am small,

now they are strong and I am weak,

I hope they will remember Jesus.

 

 

 

Written by Everett Hendriksen in 1990 in memory of his father.