The Ornament
For you I've awaited a lifetime
in whose heart is clarity
every virtue in you is realized
individual traits of a rarity
Your foresight understands ages
like gems your facets reflect
every spectrum covered rainbow
in the things you did not neglect
You have focused upon the real life
sought the finest treasures to find
found the path to eternal glory
your approval by God kept in mind
Every essence of your person I savor
like sweet smelling smoke of incense
you have kept your garments of whiteness
and washed your hands in innocence
In every course followed your Master
did seek every lesson he taught
applied them with skill and precision
and reigned in your every thought
You listened to every Word spoken
and dug into the mysteries ground
wrote them upon the flesh of heart
your possessions as they were bound
You have removed all that's discordant
polished every jewel to a shine
placed them in a filigreed setting
the traits that will last for all time
How carefully you took in instruction
each quality conformed to what's right
did arrange a garment worth wearing
each quality lustrous in light
Your baring of it's graces are lovely
within your heart there lay no fraud
I've exalted you with rejoicing
You have put on the Love of our God
COPYRIGHT © 2012 C Michael Miller
via Duboff Law Group LLC
Copyright © Poetryof Providence | Year Posted 2012
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