'Salvation Divine'



This poem I read
at the end of my life…

As I bid you adieu
from the joy and the strife

A verse filled with hope
and with love from within

To carry inside you
my song on the wind

I’ll try not to preach
as others have done

But rather beseech you
your songs yet unsung

To love with the strength
that’s God given inside

And to love even more
in an unending rhyme

These words are my gift
I bequeath you today

In the hope you’ll remember
what I last had to say

For I loved you all deeply
your kindness I sought

And remember now sweetly
those blessings you brought

So I leave you this morning
and bid you farewell

I leave you together
pledged hearts here to dwell

All strength in your sharing
my love to remind

Your redemption awaits
—salvation divine

(The 1st Book Of Prayers: September, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 07, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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