Abraham's tent

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