Glean the Fields 1
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~~ Lord glean ~~
~~ the fields, for- ~~
~ Your benignity is my ~
only-refuge; cull-what is
left, loose-tamped-down-
broken, exposed... raw-and
stripped; because willing; I
lye-here-open; find in me all
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The dry-Summer sun; has beaten-
upon-me, Fall-winds have raged, left
their burden upon me and heavier-rains-
~ still, have-washed-away-at-my-soul; so-
~ much-so, that-now nothing-can-grow, and ~
now I long for a time, days-when I-was bountiful;
~ this-season-has-brought-me-to-want for nothing ~
more; but-the-pleasure, of-your-favor, because-patient,
~~ humble and reverent, honest, resting quietly I know ~~
~ that genuine innocence remains willing lying open full and ~
~~~~~~~~~~ aware thriving in its infancy. ~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~ Restore-my-faith in-such things-these miracles; secure me... ~~
~~~~~ allow for me this gentle repose, cover me-in-Winters- ~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ cloak; provide for me a full recovery; ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~ cultivate-me-with-love yes let Your peace-embrace- ~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ me in-the-Spring; sew in me, a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ fertile-field. Sun warm me, rains, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ return nurture me, so-honest- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ winds may scatter forth new ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~ seed; and others, may come ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ again... reap a crop of- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ blessings pure-and- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sweet and-blossom- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ for all the world- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ around them... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://allpoetry.com/ban/show/6960
Written with my Girlfriend, "My Jenny" or "Jennifer Brooks"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMA-_ElvKsk&feature=related
Copyright © James Long | Year Posted 2010
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