Inspiration - What Child Is This - by Greensleeves
Lord, you sent your son to show us the way,
and dead- in his mother's arms he lay;
an innocent child was born under a sparkling star,
his path decided but always, always a son to her.
When I am lost and alone in this worldly realm Lord,
wandering, wandering and my tears have all poured;
I know you are always close by and supporting me,
holding, holding me close with arms none can see.
O, what child, what child is this the wise men said,
born to a virgin woman in this barn, this shed;
so, if your son could let go of his pain for all of us,
then, help me Lord to let go of all my distress.
When I am lost and alone in this worldly realm Lord,
wandering, wandering and my tears have all poured;
I know you are always close by and supporting me,
holding, holding me close with arms none can see.
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January 7, 2020
Poetry/Quatrain/When I Am Lost
Copyright Protected, ID 20-1214-674-03
All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France
Written for FFI Blog Series 57 - Quat Sequ
Brian Strand
Podium Place 1
Categories:
seq, song,
Form: Quatrain
Upon
vanity
of vanities-
fragile egos will ride
the wind
clasping
brief moments
ephemeral-
that die in tomorrow's
ashes
Categories:
seq, allegory, life, people
Form: Cinqku
Isaac Bartholomue Riley,
His friends just call him " Ike",
Jane, his wife, they call "Smiley",
He got five other writes on this site.
October 12th I met this fellow,
A pleasant find in two thousand nine,
in a hospital in Monticello,
on the mend and trying to unwind.
He called himself "stalker with a walker",
That's how he met "wheel chair Jane"
She thought he was off his rocker,
But he chased her just the same.
So Ike's retired romance,
Ended in a beautiful marriage rite,
And used that affair as a chance,
To be the first write on this site.
Now if you're truly interested,
In Isaac Bartholomue Riley,
His character is not contested,
And I recommend him highly.
That man is surely alive,
As surely as I read and write,
in sequence one through five,
" IKE and Jane", nIte nite !
Ike and Jane
"Retired Romance" is my first poem in the Soup Oct 12 2009. Hope you enjoy the seq.!
for Matt Caliri contest.
Categories:
seq, imagination
Form: Light Verse