Due to famine, Naomi and husband away were sent
Along with their two sons, to Moab they went
Naomi's husband died and each son married a Moabite
Then her sons died; her future did not appear bright
But back home in Judah the Lord had provided food
So Naomi and daughters-in-law set out in a better mood
Naomi asked the two to go back to where their kin plowed
But they wanted to go with her, and even wept aloud
Naomi was bitter and had little hope
She wanted to go to Judah and mope
After more arguing, one of them did leave
But Ruth continued to hold onto Naomi's sleeve
Ruth was determined to stay until the end
To Naomi's needs she would tend
To Mara Naomi wanted to change her name
For her bitterness remained the same
She blamed the Lord for her afflictions
Ignoring the obvious contradictions
For they arrived as the barley harvest was beginning
If she knew the future, she would have been grinning
Naomi is like so many of us
Focused on minus, not the plus
Ruth on the other hand
Challenges she did withstand
For although Ruth was in a foreign land
With a people she did not understand
She had faith and did what was right
And didn't give up without a fight
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