I'll See You When the Sun Goes Down

July 18, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is faith.

Today’s poem is a Christian poem to a dead loved one about how faith helps one bear grief.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

I'll see you when the sun goes down

And all the stars go crazy,

And Christ returns to claim His throne

Upon this erring earth.

And you and I will be amazed

At all that now seems hazy;

For now is faith, but then will be

The glory of rebirth.

Death will die, and we will sing

With angels at our ears,

And all my love for you will pour

Like rivers from my song.

And joy will never end, for we

Will be beyond the years,

And time before the end of time

Will not seem very long.

How beautiful Creation will

Then be! Much more than now,

When visible to faith alone

As we endure our pain.

How wonderful the gift of grace

From Christ that will allow

Me well to bear my grief until

I see you once again.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/illsee.html. For more poems about religion, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/religiouspoems.html .

This week’s theme: Faith.

July 18: I’ll See You When the Sun Goes Down