{"id":2029,"date":"2013-05-21T15:21:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.wordpress.com\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2013-05-21T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:21:30","slug":"an-aa-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/21\/an-aa-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"An AA Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Guido_Stuer1\"<\/a>Coming closer to the end of his trip to Zambia, as a way to express his gratitude to everyone who welcomed him so nicely, Guido Stuer<\/strong> is offering this poem as a reminder that God loves us all.<\/address>\n
I dreamed one night I passed away,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
And left this world behind.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
I started down that lonely trail<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Some of my friends to find.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
I came to a signpost on the trail<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
The directions it did tell:<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
KEEP RIGHT to go to HEAVEN,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
TURN LEFT to go to HELL.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
I hadn\u2019t been too good on earth,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Just a hopeless boozing rake,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
And knew there at the crossroads<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
The path I\u2019d have to take.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
So I started on that rocky path<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
That leads to Satan\u2019s place;<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
And I shook within not knowing<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Just what I\u2019d have to face.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Old Satan met me at the gate,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u201cWhat is your name, my friends?\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
I said, \u201cI\u2019m just old sober Sam<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
That\u2019s come to a sad end\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
He glanced through some yellow files,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re listed as an ALCOHOLIC,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
We do not want you here.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
I said, \u201cI\u2019m looking for my friends,\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
And a smile stole o\u2019er his face.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u201cIf your friends are alcoholics<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
They\u2019re in the other place.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
So I went back the way I came<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Till the crossroads I did see.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Then turned right to Heaven<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
As happy as could be.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
St. Peter smiled and said: \u201ccome in,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
For you I have a berth.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
You are an alcoholic.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
You\u2019ve been through hell on earth.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
I saw al Dud and old Pat too.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Rill R. and a friend called Bell.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
And brother I was tickled<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u2018Cause I thought they\u2019d gone to hell.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
So brothers all take warning,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Learn something from my trip.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
You\u2019re got a place in heaven<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
If you try hard not to slip.<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
If someone tempts you with a drink<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
When you\u2019re not feeling well,<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
Tell him you\u2019ve going to heaven<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
And he can go to hell!<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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