For This Our Love
For this our love is not displaced when reaching for the stars
The gratitude that we misplaced by killing one of ours
The greater good is living well when providence is near
The keeper of our destiny is holding up the rear
The hope of all humanity is not a bigger fight
But how we lose our vanity by doing what is right
The miracle of peace on earth is not a vain pursuit
The promise of our victory is finally taking root
The world is lost to what is bossed and what is left to gain
But freedom’s flag is still unfurled along the fruited plain
The children of a noble birth are not inclined to war
For greatness is the common good of those who died before
The future is our joyfulness when we are free from hate
For enmity is not the spring that passes for a gate
The way to love our fellow man is not to die in war
But how we live in happiness to make our blessings sure
The poor and meek are with us still to occupy our fight
And justice is the way we live to bless our dreams at night
Oh dearly, dearly, He has loved to prove a Savior’s birth
The visage of a single star for every soul on earth.
Copyright © Bryan Norton | Year Posted 2023
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