This poem is an out-pouring of love
for a world full of children
who begin so purely but must soon and surely
choose for themselves
As we who watch for dawn to rend yon regions steeped in dark...
And siphon from the silhouette of trees the singing lark (or harsh shriek of blue jays😀)
...as we who wait for baited bud to break
Alas, perfection cannot keep nature's fiat at bay...
As we who wait for baited bud to break and thus disclose
The essence of a Presence suggested in ev’ry rose
Alas, perfection cannot keep nature’s fiat at bay
No matter how pure life begins it is time’s ceaseless prey
Where influence of elements and matrix of demise
Will soon convey the evidence of death’s flowery disguise
As we who watch for dawn to rend yon regions, steeped in dark
And siphon from the silhouette of trees the singing lark
Where birth is the beginning of what none can circumvent
Farewell is always thinning the fabric of Therefore’s tent
And perception is often blinded by what eyes behold
Though This is but the catalyst that twists and breaks the mold
As a mother who keeps account of her forever-child
Always on earnest guard because this hard world is defiled
And bent, it seems on robbing dreamers of their innocence
She prays for mercies multiplied against pride’s ignorance
Because she knows how swift the petals of the rose adorn
The sash of dust and ash beneath the branches of the thorn
We are like gleaners in a field watered with prayers and tears
Someday faith’s framework will be filled when Majesty appears
Where roses never falter and the night will never fall
When Time’s sorrow-stained altar will be crushed once and for all
As paupers pray for Kindness, as the shepherd tends the lamb
We watch and work and wait till the Fulfillment of I AM
For someday every knee will bow and every tongue confess
That He is Lord; the soul will be stripped of its flowered dress
And Righteousness will reign forevermore; no enemy
Where death is not the end of life, nor grave the victory
As we who watch for bud to break or darkness borne away
We pray the more as we approach the coming of That Day
© Janet Martin
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.
He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart.
At that time each will receive their praise from God.
1 Cor.4:5
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