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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Phoenix of Redemption


Do you ever marvel, (considering our track-record)
at the mercy that draws Redemption's phoenix of morning
from the dust and ash of Yesterday...
I began this poem yesterday morning before the sweetest 
summer solstice drew me into its eager embrace
and even though it was the longest day of the year, poof!
even though we lingered, while Gaze clung to day's glorious, fading fringes,
 Night fell



Some summer-solstice 'Shadows'/inspirations for this poem...

(my daughter is tending some chickens this week while their owners are away💖)



After the night the shadow hall of dawn unfurls anew
A runway for the beck and call of love and work to do
Into the arc of thinning dark the songbird’s greeting trills
To cheer us on as we embark upon mercy’s refills

After the night the color-world of dawn-to-dusk unfolds
Like laughter, morning is unfurled in blues, blush, greens and golds
Tranquility of slumber sheds its plush cloak; duty hails
To draw a world of sleepyheads toward beckoning trails

After the night like bright-eyed tots, time smiles, fretting forgot
The loveliness of re-Beginning exiles morbid thought
The wing that lowered over half the earth, speckled with stars
Is lifted, Mercy clucks; birth’s brood runs rampant o’er death’s bars

After the night the lust for life rekindles wilted joy
Trust is a well-rested housewife, and hope a whistling boy
How darling is the duty that waits to employ the hand
How virginal the beauty as daybreak unveils the land

Before fallible feet dash into meads where passions plead
Let’s fold our hands and bow our heads and pray the Lord to lead
Let's marvel where the phoenix of Redemption beams so bright
Let's praise the God of grace and love for Day, after the night

© Janet Martin

Grand-daughter wearing a dress I sewed for her mommy many years ago😊


Phil.4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always. 
I will say it again: 
Rejoice! 
5Let your gentleness be evident to all. 
The Lord is near. 
6Do not be anxious about anything, 
but in every situation, by prayer and petition, 
with thanksgiving, 
present your requests to God. 
7And the peace of God, 
which transcends all understanding,
 will guard your hearts and your minds 
in Christ Jesus.




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