OLDER

SO MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT

IN A MOMENT OF DISCONTENT

TONIGHT I SAW THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT

THAT CALMED A GREAT TORMENT

THE GLARE WAS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD

IT WARMED MY SOUL, BANISHED THE COLD

I THINK THAT GOD IS SOMEWHERE NEAR

HIS HAND UPON MY SHOULDER

TO ME IT'S VERY CLEAR YOU SEE

FOR I AM GETTING OLDER

PERHAPS MY DAYS HAVE TURNED TO NIGHTS

IN SPITE OF SEEING ALL OF THE LIGHTS

BUT THEN AGAIN THERE IS ALWAYS TOMORROW

TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER

A DAY OF HOURS, A WEEK OF DAYS

FORGET THE STORMY WEATHER

TODAY IS THE DAY I HOPE, I PRAY

THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT WILL STAY

PRAISE BE TO GOD!

C.K.R.

3/16/93