Piercing rays of Sunshine
Thawed the chill some
And I shed my black cashmere scarf
With subtle silver stripes,
A birthday gift from ma,
Dear departed,
Who loved God
And wanted to preach on Sundays
Like Jimmy Swaggart
Or Bennie Hin
She'd write checks
Of a thousand or more....
'For The Lord,' she'd say
'They are doing The Lord's work!'
And I smiled like the Saturday morning sun
Over Canarsie;
My tearful tide had crested on Friday at sorrow's peak;
And I stared at the clear blue heavens,
Scanning the clouds
For the smiling face of a new angel
Who loved God
And wanted to preach on Sundays
Like Jimmy Swaggart
Or Bennie Hin
My grieving eyes soon found
A solitary bird,
Wings askew and waving,
Dashing with childish glee
Through the skies above...
A whistling dove,
Or skylark,
Or perhaps the mariner's albatross;
Her work on earth was done...
'Twas time to fly...
In Paradise
~ P (#attf)
10/31/2013
Oct 31, 2013
Oct 31, 2013 at 11:41 AM UTC
Piercing rays of Sunshine
Thawed the chill some
And I shed my black cashmere scarf
With subtle silver stripes,
A birthday gift from ma,
Dear departed,
Who loved God
And wanted to preach on Sundays
Like Jimmy Swaggart
Or Bennie Hin
She'd write checks
Of a thousand or more....
'For The Lord,' she'd say
'They are doing The Lord's work!'
And I smiled like the Saturday morning sun
Over Canarsie;
My tearful tide had crested on Friday at sorrow's peak;
And I stared at the clear blue heavens,
Scanning the clouds
For the smiling face of a new angel
Who loved God
And wanted to preach on Sundays
Like Jimmy Swaggart
Or Bennie Hin
My grieving eyes soon found
A solitary bird,
Wings askew and waving,
Dashing with childish glee
Through the skies above...
A whistling dove,
Or skylark,
Or perhaps the mariner's albatross;
Her work on earth was done...
'Twas time to fly...
In Paradise
~ P (#attf)
10/31/2013
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