In my youthful pride
I smashed my father\'s idols
To follow the God not in sight
Then readied my camels bridle
Then I asked the God of all
To accept my humble offering
To heal my heart so sore
And to receive his proffering
Then I heard his word come
Pure, still, serene and certain
To his truth I did succumb
And left my father\'s curtain.
I went toward the setting sun
To follow my God\'s blessing
And ended up in Canaan
A green and flowing setting.
As the decades rolled by
And as I grew older
I always wondered why
am I this lands holder?
I needed a son to leave behind
The promise of God\'s knowledge
But Sarahs womb was dry
Hagar I must acknowledge
She bore me my first son
His name was Ishmael
As God heard my prayers
And gave me a male
He grew up quick and strong
And was faster on the hunt
But Sarah felt she was wronged
It became a battlefront
Sarah bore me my new heir
Isaac the son I\'m promised
I heard his laughter in the air
For God is true and honest
Isaac grew in love of Ishmael
And followed him everywhere
And Ishmael grew to accept
That Isaac is my heir
From the spoils of Ishmael\'s hunt
I saw a funny spectacle
Ishmael hand fed Isaac
But fed him a rams testicle.
But the dreaded day had come
When I sent my son away
Ishmael was strong and overcome
But Isaac will no longer play
He cried and cried \'its so unfair\'
Why cant I have my brother
Why must you send him there
For Isaac wanted no other
Broke my heart to form a breach
Between my precious sons
Ishmael was no longer in reach
But was by betrayal shunned
Amongst all of Isaacs peers
He had Sheba and Dedan
But the rest of Isaacs years
Ishmael cannot be found
So from those days of enmity
Of two separate tribes
I couldn\'t unite my family
They don\'t care of the others cries
But by the Holy God of mine
One day there will be no breach
Both my son\'s hearts inclined
Answering to one and each