The five minute Friday word prompt this week is favor (american spelling) but we’ll use the correct spelling in this poem Do Me A Favour. I so wanted to just have fun with this word and I think I sorta did, but not completely. It’s been a week with a broken toe, some felt “slaps”, a battle with a young cat, and some weird days at work.
Right now I’m waiting for my son to come home (though I won’t wait up much longer). I’m not waiting up cause I’m worried, it’s more that I’ve hardly seen him today and wanted to say “hey, how’s life going my young adult son? Is all good in your world?” But that might have to wait until tomorrow…. If he gets home safely! 🙂 Mama’s hearts eh?
Do Me a Favour
Do me a favour if you please
spell it correctly please oh please
this American spelling trying to take over
the “u’s” are important the world over!
“Hey mom, can I borrow the car?
you see my gal needs me to pick
her up after work, so can you
help me out so I can help her out?”
Do me a favour, if you might,
can you pick up this, right now, tonight?
you see I have this thing so I don’t
have time, but if you could, so much delight!
“HUN!!!!!” The yell comes from the
back door. “Can you open it please?
My hands are full and well…
help would be swell!”
So I have a favour to beg of you,
Since you are going to that town,
could you stop on the way home and
pick up some bananas? I’ve a hankering.
“So rabbit friend of mine, I have this darling
young rabbit, who doesn’t want to become
rabbit stew. She’s pretty and well-behaved
and could you take her in free of charge?
A request if I might.
Could you do this job for me
before you go home today from work?
I ran out of time to do it so… Please?
So many favours, some phrased as such
and others as requests or questions
or hollers for help! What does it cost us
to meet those calls for assistance?
Considering how much we’ve been given
even before we knew enough to call out for help,
or despite the fact that we would NEVER call out
for help. Jesus acted.
So what stops us from acting?
From extending that same grace to others in
their time of need, or sometimes even
before they know the need exists?
So act now or not?
but ask yourself why.
Regardless of what your decision is,
it’s good be reflective eh?
Young soldier, please do me a favour,
please, before the end of day
so this point I need not belabour:
you’re going to do it anyway,
for genius does that which it must,
and talent what it can, so bold!
But with you it shall be just
that you’ll do what you’re bloody told.
I know that this does not seem fair;
write home to your Da and Mum,
bare your soul and clear the air
while I plant boot in your bum,
for we defend democracy,
not practice it, lad, you and me.
there is that eh? More doing and less “favouring” in the army eh? 🙂
Hope your toe feels better and the lad came home before you decided to stop waiting.
he did! Shortly before I decided to head up! 🙂 the toe… meh.. it’s coming along.
Sounds like quite a week for you. Just like your poem one thing I am trying to be better at is when my kids ask me for a small favor is to just do it instead of saying “can’t you do it”. I want to be more intentional and yes if they should do something like pick up their room then I am probably not going to do that favor (in whole, but I don’t mind helping a little). I want my kids to see that I will be there for them when they need me, not in just big things but in small needs too.
FMF#13
that’s such a nice way to parent. letting them do what they should be, but being there to help and assist. It’s a good thing that. That’s how you help raise thoughtful, caring adults.