The Calling

A dove was sent from Ararat

But no place found to rest,

Returned to Noah seven days

Before the second test

Then when she brought an olive leaf

To prove the flood was o'er,

In seven days, she flew again -

Returning, never more.

The story ends with life renewed

For Noah and each son

And every pair within the ark -

A world of love, begun

But what of one remaining dove

Who daily, more concerned,

Began his search with aching heart

For her who'd not returned?

How sad, his plight, to watch her fly

Three times and leave him there

To, worried, wait until the last

And now, this pained dispair

In time, of course, he found his mate

For doves today, we know.

Yet still, they send their mournful cry

As he did long ago

Roy Schaefer

"In Loving Memory"

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