All the way from Alabama <br />No banjo on my knee, <br />Always just a plea and a prayer, <br />Please just let me be. <br /> <br />I’ve been through lots of pain and hate <br />Seen every single kind <br />Had friends and family shut me out <br />And leave their love behind. <br /> <br />But I know God, he loves me so; <br />And helps me every day. <br />So I forgive them all, for all the pain, <br />And for whatever’s to come, what may. <br /> <br />It’s a lonely life yet lots of love, <br />And my tapestry is filled <br />With many that the world doth hate <br />With them I am fulfilled. <br /> <br />So don’t cry for me, Alabama, <br />I escaped and I am free. <br />I have finally reached this happy place, <br />And the world has let me be.<br /><br />Sandra Osborne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-cry-for-me-alabama/
