Butt Prints in The Sand

The other day at school, in the office, I (innocently) asked Melissa, "Have you ever seen my butt prints in the sand?" Knowing what I meant, it didn't occur to me how the question sounded to Melissa and others who were listening, until everyone's heads turned and (quiet, soft-spoken) Melissa turned red.

The following parody of a popular poem is more powerful to me than the original. This is the message I think needs to get out.

Butt Prints In The Sand

One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.

But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,

"But Lord they are too big for feet."

"My child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."

"You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know.
So I got tired, I got fed up,

and there I dropped you on your butt."

"Because in life, there comes a time,

when one must fight, and one must climb.
When one must rise and take a stand,

or leave their butt prints in the sand."

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