Hope For All...In-form Wednesday at Poetic Bloomings

Today's form is the Pathya Vat...The Pathya Vat is a Cambodian verse form, consisting of four lines of four syllables each, where lines two and three rhyme. When a poem consists of more than one stanza, the last line of the previous stanza rhymes with the second and third lines of the following one.

The day is young

And so, its hope

Whereby we cope

…God in control

Press onward then

Toward the goal

Where only soul

Can access Heav’n

We, sinners all

Can be forgiv’n

The Lord is ris’n

His death bought life

Press onward then

Time’s joy and strife

Runs raw and rife

Until we die

This day is young

And you and I

Beneath its sky

Are not alone

Rejoice in this;

Love’s gift of grace

A resting place

Where fear would reign

Press onward then

Through grief and pain

Toward the gain

Eye cannot see

The love of God

Abides, full-free

Eternity

Waits to explain

© Janet Martin