some days suffuse
with dirtied grey
scream through
stain of shrapnel's
gaudy glint
for though each year
may roll on by
like so much dice
cast rashly down
in reckless haste
and tensions build
in East and West
North and South
from Sea to Earth
on worn-out board
we need not fear
for garments tattered
stained and torn
are merely coats
and we are safe
within the folds
of One who cares
in pinions' lift
we can rejoice
remain unbowed
though we dread
a final strike
if breath is taken
on this flight
take heart
for true One knows
does see it all
has limits sure
for what takes place
at curtain call
as mankind's
freed through
hard-paid Gift
a price so steep
his Son bled true
so all who mourn
their stolen days
regale earth's plight
with aching sigh -
might breathe
stand tall with
upturned faces see
time's running out
for Puppeteers
all sordid stench
and soon eternal
peace will come
not just within
but everywhere
relief
take heart
Mar 30, 2018
Mar 30, 2018 at 11:46 PM UTC
some days suffuse
with dirtied grey
scream through
stain of shrapnel's
gaudy glint
for though each year
may roll on by
like so much dice
cast rashly down
in reckless haste
and tensions build
in East and West
North and South
from Sea to Earth
on worn-out board
we need not fear
for garments tattered
stained and torn
are merely coats
and we are safe
within the folds
of One who cares
in pinions' lift
we can rejoice
remain unbowed
though we dread
a final strike
if breath is taken
on this flight
take heart
for true One knows
does see it all
has limits sure
for what takes place
at curtain call
as mankind's
freed through
hard-paid Gift
a price so steep
his Son bled true
so all who mourn
their stolen days
regale earth's plight
with aching sigh -
might breathe
stand tall with
upturned faces see
time's running out
for Puppeteers
all sordid stench
and soon eternal
peace will come
not just within
but everywhere
relief
take heart
Penned in deepest respect for the greatest gift ever given mankind some 2,000 yrs ago... May we remember what the Living God has given - an opportunity of life to all who wish to avail themselves of it - Col 1:13,14; Ps 103:2
