valentine in a sunset || a poem

valentine in a sunset  ||  a poem

i thought this day to be a sad, lonely ordeal:

no lover's pink note

nor romance's words,

but how when there's gentleness of You?

for i stood encircled by Your family, sweeter than blood,

in the Chapel – circle of bricks like a castle tower

extending upward so high

and glass roof arching.

i saw night’s sky and the start of the heavens,

beyond which i know You are,

heavenly throne, heavenly One.

we sang, and You echoed back;

cathedral beauty of ancient truths, still fresh on my lips.

we voiced notes, and You returned romance’s words

in reverberating echoes

i cannot describe.

and pink lover’s note?

ahh, i saw that too, as i trudged up a hill wearily

to be sealed in a sunset:

fuchsia, magenta, violets

sweeping the sky in vibrance that sliced like a sword,

and i could dance or laugh or stare

as a heart in love.

girlish giggling

that no man could give me a sunset as a token of love,

a lover’s pink note like this,

save You.

oh yes, there’s dreams in this heart –

satisfaction in You, God.

i’ve never been more in love.

if surrender ever hurts, may i tear my eyes off my wounds of self,

remembering

You invite me into sublime sweetness and whisper:

                    for I so loved...

But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:15

~♥~