I smiled with glee at one glimpse of His Word,
Like a soaring Eagle scouting for prey.
His delights my heart with grace, I smile back,
As a baby reflects the grin of his Daddy’s face.
He comforts me like a baby wrapped in bulgy blankets.
I know my feeble life will never expire, because
He rescued me from a Volcano’s liquid blazing fire.
But when this mangled body shall sleep in dust,
He will raise a glorious body like His Son on High—
As a caterpillar morphs into a dancing butterfly.
Why wait till the stars fall down? Come and
Rejoice ye peoples, let’s make the anthems ring!
For the King Eternal will come to Mount Zion,
And fill the Earth with wisdom like mountains.
Therefore, I will wait on the Lord, for His Mercy
Endures forever—O praise His most marvelous name!
Darrel Venable
2021
Divinity Poetry 