renoir
pressing into better days
dreaming of sun’s warming rays
dreary darkness failing release
when icy winds surely cease
and beyond horizon where eyesight ends
to God my optimistic heart extends.
(c) 2017 rickjstassi
optimism
Monthly Archives: January 2017
summer’s eve
I don’t remember Monday
Storm clouds roiling at night
Or Tuesday’s icy morning
Swan horn upon meadow’s flight
Then Wednesday and her north wind strong
Urging bow in sapling tree
Thursday’s ever growing days
That hopeful eyes shall see
In Friday’s sultry evening’s rest
Cicada’s rhythmic satisfied sound
Saturday’s warm moonlit nights
To our hearts joy shall abound
I shall remember Sunday
The secrets of summer’s eve
Trusting in our Lord above
All sorrow thus shall leave.
(c) 2017 rickJstassi
binding sorrow
Do I trust God less in my shadowed day
with sight evading ever lighted way
I know of good things hoped for tomorrow
are here too today binding my sorrow.
(c) 2017 rickJstassi
love, faith, trust
I rarely feel,
in uncertain times,
I will see passage
to more forgiving climes.
Even knowing,
in steadfast love,
that passage begins
with descending dove.
Thus i forge ahead
where sea weds air,
and draw upon faith
for countenance fair.
But for closure to
this daily plod
it is trust that completes
this path to God.
in uncertain times,
I will see passage
to more forgiving climes.
Even knowing,
in steadfast love,
that passage begins
with descending dove.
Thus i forge ahead
where sea weds air,
and draw upon faith
for countenance fair.
But for closure to
this daily plod
it is trust that completes
this path to God.
(c) 2017 rick stassi
He is near
Calm me,
comfort this frail heart
at odds with that which
would sooner steal joy
and watch eager eyes
fail, only to winnow
places above the horizon
for certain clues
of the mystery
who is God
and is always near.
(c) 2017 rick stassi
Jesus, Light of the World 