The pentecostal lady apostle
from Brisbane
heard recently
at a women’s conference
had a dream
Aunty came to visit
after a bit
announced
was leaving for home
back over a perilously rising
river
You can’t go now aunty
you’ll drown…
but Aunt Hope
was determined
and quickly made off
toward the gushing stream
The apostle tried her best to stop
the worst from happening
but fast as a firebrand
the old lady
threw herself
Into the swirling foam
come back Aunt Hope
come back
come back Hope
Hope
come back
Hoooope
cooome baaaack
but now Aunt Hope
was being washed away
like limp tinder
until her plucky foot struck a sandbank
and held her fast
then the apostle
plunged forth
and believing with all her heart
reached out and
grabbed Aunt Hope’s hand
she pulled and pulled
and pulled until
the two lay gasping
on the grass
Oh said Aunt Hope
I’m going to come
and live with you
sleep with you
in your double bed
in your motel home
never leave you
Ok thought the apostle
I’ll cope
It was a dream remember
Pushing her luck Aunt Hope said
but I’ll have to bring
my friend with me
and the apostle thought
that’ll be a squeeze
but ok
the friend can have
the little annexe
off the main bedroom
there’s a bed
pretty messy
lots of junk on it
so the friend arrived
and had a look and said
oh no
I’m not sleeping there
I’m sleeping in the double bed
with you and Hope
where you and Hope are
I’ve gotta be
said Aunt Faith
And that’s the story of how
the pentecostal apostle
from Brisbane
got hope back
and once she got hope back then
faith moved back too
soon it was all
moving mountains
from here
to there
faith stuff
true evidence
of hope’s return
©Tess Ashton
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