Poems

In a dream that seemed so real, I heard my child calling to me to save him. Frantic and with all my strength I rushed to the scene, finding him already beyond my reach.

Love wedded to its own— husband molding thought to Soul, wife binding hers to same— this is the heart of marriage, what God has joined: Love wedded to its own. This rock of higher harmony and might endures the strain of dailiness, temptation, time, and trauma.

is like a game of catch— the easy back-and-forth of an unscored ball. No points counted.

Winter trees— A bare time A silent time— A consolidating time Preparing to break out into exuberant life And joyous abundance. Study hours— Nothing much to be seen or heard No material accomplishments Unproductive to mortal eyes— But when the new shoots of understanding appear And new visions are acted on, What flowering And what fruits! See Science and Health 57:13.

Nehemiah wept For the affliction of Jerusalem. Even as I In my afflictions mourn.

Let me be thorough in my work Like Joshua and his people— Not slipshod, halfway But seven times around the wall Till I see the evil fall. Let me be thorough also in forgiveness— Not halfhearted Holding something back.

Jacob wrestles with the adversary Well, don't we, too? Wrestle with the foe, I mean? At first we think we have real opposition, Coming at us from another camp, Making onslaughts on our life— An enemy outside our consciousness. And so it must have seemed to Jacob.

"Truth, Life, and Love are the only legitimate and eternal demands on man, and they are spiritual lawgivers, enforcing obedience through divine statutes" ( Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy).

A second chance! How grateful for a second chance. When to mortal sense All signs of life seemed gone, And victory appeared In the grasp of matter, That still small voice of God So strong, so steadfast, so assuring, Rang out the truth: Life is eternal, Beyond the claims of matter.

This service is a fruitful, healing hour, Unfettered by man-made, outmoded creed, Unfolding truths that heal through Love's all-power, And ministering to the human need. The message reaches each receptive heart, For preparation has been made through prayer, And when the service ends and all depart, We trust the fruitage to the Father's care.