Poetic Hours Online Autumn 2008 |
Colin Jeffery |
Happiness Happiness is elusive as the wind Comes and goes like migrating birds And rich echoes of church bells. I would keep love safe and strong Held fast within my grasp Never lost to the furies of purple storms. I was happy and royal with my lover But did not know it then as truth And through folly lost all to loneliness. Time Time pulls hard and fast Moving me relentlessly forward Beyond each passing hour. When I was young Time seemed slow and sweet With days never ending. How do I pause the seconds Pushing me with increasing pace To where I fear to harbour? King of Kings God's most holy son Teach me of your love So through its wonder I might immortal come And have no fear of death. O Lord Jesus, sacred king Embrace me within your light Forgive my sins dark as night Baptise my soul So a star within the darkness glows. Great King of Kings Give me thoughts of Paradise Keep me safe and true Forgive all my wasted days Lost without thought of you. |
