From Heaven's Mercy-wheel

 It is good to give thanks to the LORD 

And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;  

To declare Your loving-kindness in the morning 

And Your faithfulness by night...

Psalms 92:1-2

From founts grounded in air

The lilt of daylight brims

And overflows in gold and rose

And hallelujah hymns

Contagious is the hope

Cascading from yon deep

Arise, arise, for how time flies

Toward its final sleep

This settlement of dust

For all its ache and groan

Compels us to revel anew

On this; earth’s stepping-stone

Mankind can only reach

His plebeian demands

Bear witness to a kindly New

Refilling fumbling hands

From founts of patient grace

Morning majesty pours

Across this dirt of toil and hurt

From Today’s far-flung doors

Soon too, this door will close

And never break its seal

Come, where dawn flows in gold and rose

From heaven’s mercy-wheel

© Janet Martin