From Here to There

Inside our world of rings a balance

must endure of past and present

generational flow where an  earthly

contrast takes us to the brink.

The lives of poet Chaucer to Margaret

Laurence -- compressed

into poems and short stories --

connects us from  past to present

like literary bookends

providing litanies of daring

an absorption  -- during slices of life

innocence and betrayal -- love

and forgiveness

activated by creative thoughts:

Within the slant of life and Bible ways

Old and New Testaments present

the past up to now – such emotion

with wars that lasted with Godly

forces righting wrongs in Crusades.

He climbs a hill of sober reflection

passing bystanders

who shout

derision and lack of respect –

the accomplishments from such a Man.

He strides between two pillars

overcoming a line unknown to mortal men

transcends pain and betrayal --.

our Saviour suffered for sinners and saints

created bookends as choices in living.