But I will remember. (psalm 77)



My sore ran in the night
Sleep denied
Wept and cried.
Why Lord
This abandonment and shame?
I have not denied your Name.
And villains mock
They taunt my faith in You
And now my life pursue.

Do you not arise
For sake of the meek?
Tempered in Godly fear
Is rescue near?

But I will remember
Years at your right hand.
Rescues oh so grand.
And what you did
For Moses and Aaron
Through threatening water
Past Pharaoh’s slaughter.
And revenge.

Now there comes new momentum.
Daniel in that den of lions.
Spunky David boy taking down
The blaspheming Giant.
Elisha’s servant seeing
Numberless Chariots of Fire.
My own grandmother
Surviving throat cancer
By decades, and embracing
My own Daughter.
In the Rest Home.
All marvellous.
And so I remember…



Yes, Chariots of Fire

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Written on April 27, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 27, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on April 28, 2023

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Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 9, 4, 8, 13, 1

Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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