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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

World-full-o'



The swirl and twirl with youth...

The sparkle of the child
The wizened crown of years...

The silence more pronounced
In woodland's leafless tolls




The pleasure of the win
 The sting of defeat's blow
The sense of springtime waltzing in
On a world full of snow

The swirl and twirl with youth
That ruthless hands estrange
The resolute bulwark of truth
In a world full of change

The sparkle of a child
The wizened crown of years
The laughter when sheer joy runs wild
In a world full of tears

Love's proof by how we live
Where so much is at stake
The kind and tender touch of 'give'
In a world full of  'take'

The secret second mile
The mother's earnest prayer 
The sunshine of a simple smile
In a world full of care

The season swiftly spent
The scarred, prayer-pounded Gate
Hearts, hounded with longing’s lament
In a world full of ‘wait’

The silence more pronounced
In woodland’s leafless tolls
Or where death steps in unannounced
In a world full of souls

The ‘nope’ of dreamer’s/pray-er's rue
The ‘dead seed’ in the sod
The hope that nothing can undo
In a world full of God

© Janet Martin


Very truly I tell you, 
unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, 
it remains only a single seed. 
But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
 John 12:24


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