there will be
there will be
no sorrowing there
Jesus
himself has gone before
to take a cross
to set it down
maybe horizontally to make
a bridge
between
God and us again
as
at Eden
he
for he and she
went through the valley
first
and shall come back
maybe
by angel agents representing
either way
we shall go through
and at the start
or
in the middle
or at the dale’s ending
we shall be told
we may
set our crosses down
no longer needed
since
there will be no longer
any
sorrowing there
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photograph by The Walters Art Museum of the ink-and-color work of Ishiwata Koitsu “Twilight at Imamiya Street, Choshi 1932” via Unsplash
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Normal Prophecy
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And shall we live today
In late fall
To the north
With spring away
Beyond the line
And before the others that
Define our place
For seasons
Though in the middle
I suppose
There must seasons
Too
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And shall we have our fall
And then our winter
Not discontent
On sledding hills
And over frozen ponds
Our temperate zones
Replete with
Different-feeling times of year
Weather for planting
And for harvesting
As well
The mere tilting of the Earth
And shall Goldilocks
Be tilting
Too
Elsewhere
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The seasons to survive
With food
And beauty
Too
Both for our survival
In a changing world
Until the day
We walk through the valleys
In all zones
And in all zones
We walk in peace
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“We Shall Walk through the Valley” is a hymn and anthem and is referenced here.
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Photo by Robert V. Ruggiero on Unsplash
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