Love lingers; wraith woven (ne’er companion, friend)
Into our lives, entwined with heart
Plan chances that, unseen, intend
Awakenings, that life may start.
For life needs love, and love gives life
Unmerited gifts from God’s full source
Are ours to use, in peace or strife:
God’s guidance as we chart life’s course.
Our barks, asea (becalmed; beset)
If guided by this ceaseless light
Entrained with love, we then are met
By Grace that doth forgive the night
For all that’s hidden that we need:
To grow and deepen. Love’s the seed.
Stephen Bolles
2021
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