As true as it is and so it be;
let’s give God the glory:-
Though another one
of our number is no more,
we remain perpendicular
to the teeming level plane:
Parallel…
And we continue to travel
onward in an enlightening quest.
Though the cold
dark grave
lies before us too,
it darkness holds no fear—
For ours is a journey in the light;
searching and living the word
without wintering end
nor the demise of summering toils;
knowing that being here
is a transitory reality.