The Power of a Friend -- A Poem

The Power of a Friend
- by Brent Hoover 胡牧
On these long and dusty roads
Where my heart is so exposed
A brother walks and talks with me
As we press on to be set free
To be known is to be loved
By men on earth and God above
And through that man, a man can see
A man set free, is free indeed
But with a sigh and no more try
Men sit down to nurse a lie
No father ever loved them so
None on earth but one black crow.
The song it sang was but a dirge
And for so long man could not purge
The thought no Dad loved him real
And for that man, that sealed the deal
He did not know where that would go
- by Brent Hoover 胡牧
On these long and dusty roads
Where my heart is so exposed
A brother walks and talks with me
As we press on to be set free
To be known is to be loved
By men on earth and God above
And through that man, a man can see
A man set free, is free indeed
But with a sigh and no more try
Men sit down to nurse a lie
No father ever loved them so
None on earth but one black crow.
The song it sang was but a dirge
And for so long man could not purge
The thought no Dad loved him real
And for that man, that sealed the deal
He did not know where that would go
To prison, yes, a lone dark cell
Anger, yes, but deep, long tears
That no man saw, because of fears
On these long and dusty roads
Where my heart is so exposed
A brother walks ‘n talks with me
As we press on to be set free
To be known is to be loved
By men on earth and God above
And through that man, a man can see
A man set free, is free indeed
The Nazarene, the one true man
The Lord in flesh and once He ran
To wayward sons, in shame and guilt
Jesus loved, and men he built
Out of their dark, out of their shame
In His embrace, they will remain
And walk as one, toward the Son
As friends for Life, till Life is won.
(a real poem done by me, not by chat GPT July 15, 2025)
That no man saw, because of fears
On these long and dusty roads
Where my heart is so exposed
A brother walks ‘n talks with me
As we press on to be set free
To be known is to be loved
By men on earth and God above
And through that man, a man can see
A man set free, is free indeed
The Nazarene, the one true man
The Lord in flesh and once He ran
To wayward sons, in shame and guilt
Jesus loved, and men he built
Out of their dark, out of their shame
In His embrace, they will remain
And walk as one, toward the Son
As friends for Life, till Life is won.
(a real poem done by me, not by chat GPT July 15, 2025)
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