Ph: Love: Each Day Is A New Gift Poem by Brian Johnston
Ph: Love: Each Day Is A New Gift
Sure each day is a gift, be it happy or sad,
It's potentially promise of what's best in life,
If it thrills to the bone, if it cuts like a knife,
If you find a new friend, if you lose a comrade.
It's the chance it will rain, that the flooding will cease,
That the failing will prosper, successful will share,
That true faith will prove blessing, that science not err,
That the faithful find answers, the wounded find peace.
When a kindness to stranger finds its own reward,
It's perhaps not the time to pat self on the back?
Should you really assume that you're on the right track,
Rush to check yourself out of soul's hospital ward.
When a passing car strikes a pedestrian down
And an oncoming car hits the poor man again...
As both cars leave the scene, please don't just count to ten,
Wash your hands of this act, let your heart be a clown!
Don't let evil take over, help love find its voice!
Should your pain be the measure of friend's true intent
Or your own rash assumptions prove evil was meant?
For a humane perspective is always your choice!
Does our God truly love when He asks us to serve?
Tell me where is real life without His gift of soul?
If His children are hungry, why offer them coal?
If all glory is His, why not trust He'll preserve?
Brian Johnston
December 19,2016
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5/10/2024 10:34:11 AM # 1.0.0.1119
i have to read this again, and then maybe again. i gotta get it as straight as i can .....in my head, before i put it into my/our newly-opened January 2017 showcase. favorite lines so far: Should your pain be the measure of friend's true intent Or your own rash assumptions prove evil was meant? For a humane perspective is always your choice! ..............sometimes my mate assumes the worst about little old me. JUST because my behavior/behaviour hurts her feelings, it DOESN'T mean that i INTENDED to hurt her! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! quiet! i'm reading now! As both cars leave the scene, please don't just count to ten, Wash your hands of this act, let your heart be a clown! ...........i'm glad (very) that you are using proper punctuation. otherwise, readers might think you are SUGGESTING that 'they' SHOULD 'wash their hands of this act and let their hearts be clowns! ! ! ! some might miss the comma after ten, OR ignore it! well, some people who are needy would welcome the coal. it provides warmth and may be used for cooking. but, true, i don't recommend eating coal! ok, ready to shovel into Section A of showcase. and you managed the rhyme scheme pretty well. to H with the Stanford poetry person! ! ! bri :) thanks. ok: rating 8 1/2. shall i round UP or Down? heh heh.