All Creatures Monorhyme

ALL CREATURES - monorhyme Oh! No! No! all things are not beautiful and bright In Nature there are aspects of the night Must be in the Holy Author’s fertile write At least for this phase of life neath His spotlight Cockroach, spider, serpent each has its birthright While lion and leopard need deer for appetite Our lives not played in an Elysium of delight But diverse world to be faced without respite Do you crave heaven perfect your aspiring height Neither conflict, nor with challenge put to flight Where dragons’ breath is tepid, tigers cause no fright Might time seem to pass in endless bland twilight? Conundrum solved by Ancient Mariner’s insite Redemption with each creature blessed by him aright NA in Contest: Memories of May 8 May 2019