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| By John Hall | ||
| IT’S NOT EASY I often let my fancy roam On magic carpet, far from home, To gather thoughts and pictures fair From here and there and everywhere, With word descriptions, if you please, Well interspersed with memories. Yet even with such helps as these I find it hard to write a poem. For I’ve this problem, all my own, That when I lift my pen to write, My thoughts all flee in wildest flight And hide behind some far-off scene, Till, using every wily scheme at my command, I slowly coax them back in hand. So then once more I lift my pen, And darn it, there they go again! |
HEIRLOOMS Today I climbed our attic stairs, Where resting singly, some in pairs, Antiques from bygone years are stored. A modest little treasure hoard That will someday grace our children’s lives, Less any element of surprise. You see, They know what our intentions be. Yet as my eyes survey the find, This question, once again, will cross my mind: What shall we leave our children, Lord? A chest of treasure, safely stored in attic dim? Treasure gathered o’er the years And carefully laid aside, Wrapped in mother’s love and father’s pride? Yea, Lord, we know they’re only “things”, Yet each a message in it~ beauty brings And may someday prompt a sentimental tear — These lovely links with yesteryear. Yet though we know these gifts will please, We’d leave them, rather, gifts like these: We’d leave them love and love’s compassion, Applied to life in such a fashion As to make friends smile and nod And say, “We know them well, they walk with God.” We’d leave them hope for each tomorrow And faith to stand through trial or sorrow. We’d leave them strength As comes from Thee, To sail cross the sea of life Their fragile craft, till having Steered the course You set, They reach at last that Golden Shore, Where we will meet and love them Evermore. John M. Hall, Portland, Oregon February 14, 1986 |
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