Today is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday . . . I preached today on “Is Our Culture Committing Suicide?” I ended the sermon with a poem by one of our young people at Grace, Kayla Sweeney. Kayla is a high school sophomore and I believe touches the heart of the issue in this poem. I will write more tomorrow on the whole life issue and the coming inauguration of President Elect Barrak Obama. Until then hear carefully the words of this heart felt piece:
The Call of an Aborted Child…
by Kayla Sweeney
Can you hear my voice!?
In the wind a mere breath,
Not a name but a choice,
And I was chosen for death.
Growing and changing,
they said “its not yet alive,”
Forming light,
turned to night
In the womb I was inside.
No chance to see,
No chance to breathe,
No chance to take my heart and sing.
No chance to shout,
No chance to cry,
No chance to scream, to laugh, to sigh.
I merely had the chance to die,
not worth
the birth
or the life to buy.
Can you hear my voice?!
I’m Gods very own,
Before the coming of your choice,
I was still always known,
He knitted me,
and molded me,
and thought of me,
unfolded me, (Psalm 139)
knew in and out the whole of me,
Before the “accident” came to be.
Can you hear my voice?!
Who could I have been??
Without your choice,
If I had the chance to begin,
A Child,
A Student,
A sibling,
A Friend,
The messenger God chose to send,
More than just a breath in the wind.
A Teacher,
A preacher,
A soldier for Christ,
I guess we’ll never know…
You paid the price.
Can you hear my call!?!
I was life to be lived,
Instead killed, murdered, my future hid
I am life!
Do not remain blind,
From the beginning God kept me in his mind.
DO YOU HEAR ME?
I’m shouting,
But it all fades in the distance,
In your mind your still doubting,
my life or existence.
My scream can’t be heard,
I have no way to call,
My life has been blurred
from the start of it all…
I ask, can you hear me….
I guess you never will,
God brought life to me,
But you chose to kill.
Here I Stand . . . I Can Do Nothing Else 
Kayla’s poem says it well. It would be great if more people could read this.
Thank you, Kayla. I printed this out and hope to use it in a presentation that my wife and I will be working on.
Bill,
Would you ask this young lady if I could repost her poem on my blog (giving her credit of course). Everyone should read this. Our pastor too, preached on the curse of abortion, and the value of life this past Sunday.
Libby Hicks Robison, Eastaboga, AL
[…] The following poem, regarding the issue of the rights of the unborn, was written by Kayla Sweeney. Kayla is a high school sophomore who attends Grace Baptist Church in Somerset, Kentucky. “The Call of an Aborted Child” is reprinted here with permission (HT: Pastor Bill Haynes). […]