12 | November | 2016 | Craig T. Owens

Poetry Saturday—In Light Or Darkness

November 12, 2016 — Craig T. Owens

If God says “Yes” to our prayer, dear heart,

And the sunlight is golden, the sky is blue,

While the smooth road beckons to me and you,

And the song-birds warble as on we go,

Pausing to gather the buds at our feet,

Stopping to drink of the streamlets we meet,

Happy, more happy, our journey will grow,

If God says “Yes” to our prayer, dear heart.

If God says “No” to our prayer, dear heart,

And the clouds hang heavy and dull and gray;

If the rough rocks hinder and block the way,

While the sharp winds pierce us and sting with cold;

Ah, dear, there is home at the journey’s end,

And these are the trials the Father doth send

To draw us as sheep to His Heavenly fold,

If God says “No” to our prayer, dear heart. —Jessie E. Schindle